The Return of the King – The Hazelnut Linzer

This was the day 14 Christmas Cookie last year and it is back for this Holiday Season.  From last year’s description: 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.