Chocolate Linzer Hearts

Chocolate Linzer Hearts

Ingredients:
1 cup butter or margarine -- softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
1 cup hazelnuts -- toasted (see Notes), skinned and ground
1/2 ounce semisweet baking chocolate -- finely chopped
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 cup raspberry jam
1 ounce semisweet baking chocolate -- melted

Directions:
Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed
until light and fluffy, or mix with spoon. Beat in vanilla and eggs until
smooth. Add remaining ingredients except jam and melted chocolate. Beat
until well blended. Cover and refrigerate 1 hour (dough will be sticky).
Heat oven to 375º. Roll one fourth of dough at a time between pieces of
waxed paper until 1/8 inch thick. (Keep remaining dough refrigerated until
ready to roll.) Cut with 2-inch heart-shape cookie cutter. Cut small heart
shape from center of half of the 2-inch hearts, if desired. Place on
ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake 7 to 9 minutes or until light brown. Remove from cookie sheet to wire
rack. Cool completely. Spread about 1/2 teaspoon raspberry jam on bottom
of whole heart cookies; top with cut-out heart cookie. Drizzle with melted
chocolate. Let stand until chocolate is firm.
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Please note, if you should change this recipe it will no longer be an
approved Betty Crocker® Recipe.
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