Almond shortbread cookies with Nutella
Ingredients
- 3 cups pastry flour
- 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
- 1/2 cup almond flour
- 1 teaspoon fine salt
- 1 cup cold butter, cut into cubes
- 1/2 cup NUTELLA hazelnut spread
- Sugar pearls, for decorating
Directions
- Sift together flour and confectioner's sugar. Add almond flour and salt. Using pastry cutter or fingers, mix in butter until incorporated (do not overmix).
- Preheat oven to 350F. Using cookie cutters, cut out desired shapes (trees, snowmen, stars, balls etc.) from dough.
- Transfer cookies to parchment paper-lined baking sheet; bake on center rack for about 15 minutes or until cookies turn golden brown. Remove from oven; let cool.
- Spoon NUTELLA hazelnut spread into small piping bag; decorate cookies with NUTELLA hazelnut spread and sugar pearls.