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Chestnut and hazelnut biscuits

Here's a really simple recipe for little nutty biscuits, combining hazelnuts with a double dose of chestnut flavour: flour and purée (crème de marrons).

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Last modified on: February 28^th 2021

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For 20 pieces, you will need:

1 98.28 ml flour
2 98.28 ml chestnut flour
3 65 ml butter
4 63 ml sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons)
5 ½ Egg
6 15 ml ground hazelnuts

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
31 min.	1 hour	30 min.	2 hours 1 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 8 min.

Sieve 98.28 ml flour and 98.28 ml chestnut flour together into a mixer bowl. Add 65 ml butter, 63 ml sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons), ½ Egg and 15 ml ground hazelnuts.

Stage 2 - 4 min.

Knead until the dough is evenly mixed.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

Transfer the dough onto a sheet of baking paper.

Stage 4 - 1 hour

Lay a second sheet of baking paper on top and roll out the dough with a rolling pin to about 1/4 inch (1/2 cm) thick.

Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

After cooling to firm up the dough, put the dough back on the worktop, remove the top paper and dust with flour.

Stage 6 - 3 min.

Flip the dough over onto the floured side and remove the other paper.

Stage 7 - 3 min.

Finish rolling out the dough to the desired thickness.

Stage 8 - 8 min.

Preheat the oven to 320°F (160°C).

Cut out in whatever shapes you like; here they are squares just over 1" inch (3 cm).

Stage 9

Arrange the biscuits on a baking sheet.

Stage 10

It is worth noting that while the dough is still cold, it is easy to mark it with letters or other designs.

Stage 11 - 30 min.

Bake for about 30 minutes.

Stage 12

Leave to cool on a wire rack.

Remarks

You can easily vary the quantity of chestnut flour, which has a slightly bitter flavour. If you reduce it, increase the wheat flour by the same amount to compensate.

The dough can be made the day before and refrigerated until needed.

Keeping

A few days in an air-tight jar or tin.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,119 Kcal or 4,685 Kj	14 gr	115 gr	67 gr
56 %	5 %	11 %	10 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
383 Kcal or 1,604 Kj	5 gr	40 gr	23 gr
19 %	2 %	4 %	3 %

Per piece
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
56 Kcal or 234 Kj	1 gr	6 gr	3 gr
3 %	<1 %	1 %	1 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, Milk, Egg, Nuts

How much will it cost?

For 20 pieces : 2.16 €
Per piece : 0.11 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Fish fillet with preserved lemons, Béarnaise sauce, Caramelized apple "moelleux" cake, Coconut tuiles, Two-olive ciabatta, ... All
	Chestnut flour: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Clementines and chestnuts entremet, Corsican tarts, Chestnut cake, Rolled chestnut and apple brioche, Cookies of the Camisards, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Steamed leeks with morel sabayon, Basic cake batter - the French way, Linzer torte, Crispy rolls with chicken and leek, Cookies of the Camisards, ... All
	Sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Little vanilla, clementine and chestnut verrines, Like MaronSui's, Chestnut mousse in a whipper , Chestnut cake, Rice pudding with chestnuts and poached pears, ... All

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