CHOCOLATE-CHERRY BAR COOKIES WITH HAZELNUTS

MAKES ABOUT 50 COOKIES


 

1

recipe dough for Glazed Butter Cookies, with 1 cup chopped dried cherries added with dry ingredients, prepared through step 2

cups (9 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips

cups (6 ounces) hazelnuts, toasted, skinned, and chopped

 

1. Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and heat oven to 375 degrees. Line rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. Press dough evenly onto prepared sheet and bake until golden brown, about 20 minutes, rotating sheet halfway through baking.

2. Immediately after removing baking sheet from oven, sprinkle evenly with chocolate chips; let stand to melt, about 3 minutes.

3. Spread chocolate into even layer, then sprinkle chopped hazelnuts evenly over chocolate. Let cool on wire rack until just warm, 15 to 20 minutes.

4. Using pizza wheel, cut cookies on diagonal into 1½-inch diamonds. Transfer cookies to wire rack and let cool completely.