Hazelnut Wafer Sandwiches Recipes

HANGOVER BERRY, BANANA, CHOCOLATE-HAZELNUT WAFFLE SANDWICH

Steps:

• Mix the sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl; set aside. Mix the chocolate-hazelnut spread and cream cheese in another small bowl until smooth; set aside.
• Toast the waffles until browned and crisp in a toaster or toaster oven. Drizzle the melted butter over both sides of each waffle, and dust both sides with the cinnamon sugar. Spread both halves evenly with the chocolate-cream cheese mixture. Arrange the strawberries and bananas on 1 of the waffles, then top with the remaining waffle.

CHEATERS HAZELNUT SANDWICH COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Pulse hazelnuts in a food processor until nuts are finely ground. Be careful not to process them into a paste.
• Unwrap cookie dough and transfer to a flat surface. Knead in hazelnuts. Roll cookie dough back into a log (about the same size as the original). Slice log crosswise into 1/4-inch thick slices and transfer slices to a large baking sheet. Bake 7 to 11 minutes, until cookies are golden around the edges. Cool cookies on wire racks.
• While cookies are baking, melt chocolate chips in a double boiler over low heat.
• When cookies are cooled, spread apricot preserves on 1 cookie and top with second cookie, making a sandwich. Repeat with the remaining cookies.
• Dip half of the sandwiched cookies in the melted chocolate and place on waxed or parchment paper to dry.

HAZELNUT WAFER SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F.
• Toast hazelnuts in a shallow baking pan until fragrant and skins begin to loosen, about 6 minutes. Rub nuts in a kitchen towel to remove any loose skins (some skins may not come off) and cool to room temperature.
• Pulse nuts and 1/4 cup sugar in a food processor until nuts are finely ground, then add flour and a pinch of salt, pulsing until combined. Add butter and pulse until dough just forms a ball. Divide dough in half, then roll dough into 2 (11-inch-long) logs (each about 1-inch wide). Chill, wrapped in plastic wrap, 1 hour.
• Cut logs crosswide into 1/2-inch slices and arrange rounds 2 inches apart on 2 baking sheets.
• Bake, 1 sheet at a time, until bottom edges just being to turn pale golden, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool cookies on a rack for about 5 minutes.
• Once cookies are cooled, add 1 teaspoon of refrigerated chocolate sauce to half of the batch of the cookies. Place the other half of the batch of cookies on top of the chocolate filled ones to form sandwiches. Place in refrigerator and take out just before serving.