Chocolate,Cinnamon, Hazelnut Thumbprint Cookies

These handy little morsels were the hit of the holiday season. It's a new recipe I tried and somehow it worked so well I repeated the recipe to make up for all the supply and demand. There was much demand after that first batch and I made more to keep everyone satisfied.

It's a cocoa powder based chocolate cookie with butter and cinnamon...lots of butter and cinnamon. That combination seemed to be the addicting ingredient. It has a few steps but after I increased the cinnamon and reorganized the procedures in the recipe it turned into a great little rich and decadent cookie!
Here it is...

1 cup sugar
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter (room temperature)
1 large egg
1 Tbsp vanilla
2 cups flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp kosher salt
2 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 cup hazelnuts

1/3 cup sugar
2 tsp cinnamon

4 oz (1 cup) semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
2 Tbsp hazelnuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease baking sheets.
Beat sugar and butter till pale and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla. Add all dry ingredients and then hazelnuts until combined.

Mix 1/3 c sugar and 2 tsp cinnamon in small bowl. Roll heaping Tablespoon size round of dough into balls and roll in sugar. Bake 2" apart for 12 minutes turning baking sheets half way through baking time.


Make indentation with melon- baller in each cookie and remove from cookie sheets onto wire rack.



Heat chocolate chips with butter until melted and combined. Pour spoonful into indentation at center of each cookie and sprinkle with hazelnuts. Let cool for 20 minutes until set.



There is something about finding a new recipe that warms and comforts. It's especially nice around the holiday season when they can be enjoyed by all. Happy Holidays!
TT