Rum Drunk Cranberry Hazelnut Cookies Recipes

RUM-DRUNK CRANBERRY HAZELNUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine the cranberries and rum and microwave for about a minute. Let it sit for about 15 minutes so that the cranberries can get a nice, steady buzz.
• In a food processor (Unless you really like working with a mortar and pestle for a long time) combine the hazelnuts with the margarine until it has a rough paste consistency.
• Stir together the sugars in a large mixing bowl. Beat together the egg and vanilla extract and mix them with your hazelnut 'butter'.
• Sift together the flours, baking soda, salt, and spices. Add the dry stuff to the wet stuff a little bit at a time. Do some light stretching and get ready for a really good workout.
• When all of the flour mixture has made it into the sugar mixture, pop your dough ball in the fridge for about an hour or so.
• Roll the dough into little balls (about a spherical inch, maybe). Mix the reserved sugar, crushed hazelnuts, and cranberries in a small dish and press the dough spheres into dough patties in the mixture.
• Put the dough patties on a cookie sheet lined with parchment or a silpat if you've got it and bake each batch for roughly 8-10 minutes at 375°F You don't really need to worry about too much spreading as the nuts hold the melting point of the dough up pretty high. Cool the finished product completely on a cooling rack.
• Dunk these babies in some milk and revel in the deliciousness you've just created. Good job!

CRANBERRY-HAZELNUT BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°; Line large baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Beat eggs and sugar in bowl until thick.
• Beat in peel and vanilla.
• Slowly beat in flour, baking soda and salt.
• Beat in cranberries and nuts.
• Using floured hands, divide dough into 2 balls.
• Flatten each to 1 inch thickness.
• Brush beaten egg whites.
• Sprinkle with additional sugar.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown, reduce heat to 320° and cut on a diagonal line every 3/4 inches.
• Arrange cut sides down on baking sheet.
• Bake until bottoms are brown about 7 minutes.