Day 14 Christmas Cookie – The Hazelnut Linzer

Day 14 The Hazelnut Linzer  The Return of the King.  This cookie is so good that is has its own entry on our Holiday Menu.  It’s a shortbread drop cookie that contains ground hazelnuts and then rolled in a ball and covered in more hazelnuts and then for good measure baked with raspberry preserves in the center.  And don’t forget the 10x snow on top!  This cookie has it all – the great hazelnut flavor, the great cookie crunch from the nuts, plus the color element from the preserves.