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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 120 pieces, you will need:

1 2 ½ cups flour
2 2 ½ cups chestnut flour
3 1 ²⁄₃ cup butter
4 1 ²⁄₃ cup sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons)
5 3 eggs
6 ½ cup 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 2 ½ cups flour and 2 ½ cups chestnut flour together into a mixer bowl. Add 1 ²⁄₃ cup butter, 1 ²⁄₃ cup sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons), 3 eggs and ½ cup 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
6,667 Kcal or 27,913 Kj	82 gr	687 gr	399 gr
333 %	32 %	65 %	60 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
383 Kcal or 1,604 Kj	5 gr	39 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 120 pieces : 12.88 €
Per piece : 0.11 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Chestnut flour: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Clementines and chestnuts entremet, Corsican tarts, Chestnut cake, Cookies of the Camisards, Rolled chestnut and apple brioche, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: X-Files cookies, Crisp apricot and pistachio tart, Cauliflower "moelleux" in ramekins, Escalope cordon bleu, Avocado mousse with sorrel, ... All
	Sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Rice pudding with chestnuts and poached pears, Mini Mont-Blanc choux puffs, Little vanilla, clementine and chestnut verrines, Chestnut cake, Chestnut moelleux, ... All
	Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Lumberjack turnovers, Saucipain, Fish in a sesame crust, Nanou's tuna tart, Chocolate mug cake, ... All

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