Hazelnuts as Substitution

Index of Hazelnut Meal Recipes:

Hazelnut Snacks

2 cups powdered sugar
4 cupsvery finely ground hazelnuts
4 stiffly beaten egg whites

Add powdered sugar to stiffly beaten egg whites, continue beating to heavy meringue. Add ground hazelnuts very slowly. Make small round balls, roll in sugar, place on cookie sheet. Place whole hazelnut on top, press lightly. Bake at 325 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Remove from cookie sheet immediately.

Hazelnut Drop Cookies

2 eggs
1 tsp. vinegar
1/2 lb. hazelnuts, toasted and ground
1/2 cup dates cut up
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup corn flakes

Beat whites of eggs until stiff, add vinegar and sugar and beat well; add rest of ingredients and drop on a slightly greased cookie sheet.

Bake at 325 degrees for 15 minutes. Keep in a jar, as they improve with age.

Coconut-Hazelnut Pie Shell

1 cup Oregon hazelnuts, sliced
1-1/2 cups coconut, shredded
1/2 cup margarine or butter, melted

Combine coconut and sliced hazelnuts. Add melted margarine or butter and mix well. Press into greased pie tin and refrigerate until firm (2-3 hours).

Hazelnut Delight

3 egg whites
5 1/2 cups ground hazelnuts
2 cups sugar
vanilla

Beat egg whites 10 minutes. Add sugar slowly then fold in ground nuts and vanilla. Have this mixture stiff enough to form balls that will hold shape --these do not spread when baked.

Icing:
2 egg whites beaten stiff. Add 1-2/3 cups powdered sugar slowly to whites, add 1 tsp. vanilla and beat again for 1/2 hour. Use cake decorator to ice cookies; top with cherry.

Bake at 250 degrees for 20 minutes.

"Hazelnuss Heutli" (Hazelnut Hats)

4 egg whites
dash of salt
1 cup sugar
1/2 lb. finely ground hazelnuts
1/4 lb. finely ground almonds
1/2 tsp. vanilla

Beat egg whites until stiff, add sugar gradually, then vanilla. Add nuts by folding in. Place in refrigerator for several hours or overnight. With a teaspoon form ball the size of a walnut and place on greased cookie sheet 1" apart.

Topping: a beaten agg white; add gradually 1 cup sifted powdered sugar, few drops vanilla, dash of salt. Press a whole hazelnut in center.

Bake at 275 degrees for 20 minutes.

Hazelnut Crispies

2 egg whites
1/2 tsp. vanilla
3/4 cup shredded coconut
2 cup corn flakes
1/2 cup chopped filberts
3/4 cup sugar

Beat egg whites and vanilla until foamy, gradually add sugar while beating; continue to beat until stiff and glossy. Fold in corn flakes, nuts and coconut. Drop by level tbsp. onto well greased baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes. Remove immediately to cool on rack.

Hazelnut Macaroons

3 egg whites
2 cups powdered sugar
2 tsp. lemon juice
2 cups finely ground hazelnuts

Beat egg whites until very stiff. Gradually beat in sugar; continue beating until glossy. Add lemon juice. Reserve 3 tbsp. of mixture; into the remainder, fold ground hazelnuts. Drop heaping tsp. on prepared baking sheet. Put a small dab of reserved mixture on each and press in a hazelnut in the middle.

Bake at 325 degrees for 20 minutes

Nut Crown

1 cup finely ground hazelnuts, toasted
36 hazelnut halves
1 egg white
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 tsp. almond extract
dash of salt

Beat egg white very stiff, but not dry. Add sugar very slowly; fold in extract, salt and nutmeats. Drop by1/2 tsp. on cookie sheet lined with brown paper. Decorate top with 1/2 hazelnut.

Bake at 275degrees for 30 minutes.

Tasty Hazelnut Feathers

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
2 egg whites
scant 1/2 tsp. rum flavoring
1/2 cup ground, toasted hazelnuts

Combine sugar, water; cook to 265 degrees or hard ball stage. Beat whites stiff; pour syrup in whites beating constantly. Fold in flavoring and ground hazelnuts. Drop by tsp. on greased baking sheet. Bake at 250 degrees for 30 minutes.

Meringue Hazelnut Drops

2 egg whites
1 cupy sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup toasted ground hazelnuts

Beat egg whites in small bowl until soft peaks form; gradually add sugar 2 tsp. at a time until stiff peaks form. Fold in 1 cup hazelnuts. Drop by tsp. on greased baking sheet. Top each with toasted hazelnut; sprinkle with sugar.

Bake at 300 degrees for 25-30 minutes. May dust with sugar.