Chocolate Dipped Hazelnut Crescents

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 125 g butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1/4 cup caster sugar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons cream
• 1/2 cup hazelnut meal
• 1/2 cup self-raising flour
• 1 1/4 cups plain flour
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup icing sugar, approx for decoration
• 250 g dark chocolate or 250 g milk chocolate or 250 g chocolate, your choice

Recipe

• 1 beat butter, essence, caster sugar, brown sugar and egg in a small bowl with electric mixer until smooth.
• 2 stir in cream, hazelnut meal, flours and cinnamon.
• 3 turn dough onto floured board and knead gently until smooth.
• 4 cover and refridgerate for 30 minutes.
• 5 shape level tablespoons of dough into crescents by rolling between hands and making horseshoe shapes.
• 6 place about 3 cm apart on greased oven trays.
• 7 bake in moderate oven for about 15 minutes or until browned.
• 8 lift onto wire racks and cool.
• 9 melt chocolate in a double saucepan or in the microwave.
• 10 be careful when melting chocolate in the microwave.
• 11 it burns very easily.
• 12 cook on low for 15 seconds at a time and stir each time until it is melted.
• 13 transfer chocolate into a deep bowl.
• 14 dip crescents, open end first, into chocolate and drain well.
• 15 place onto baking paper to set.
• 16 dust with icing sugar and serve.