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Cinnamon-Hazelnut Shortbread Bars

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  • Prep Time20 mins
  • Total Time50 mins
  • Makes32
Cinnamon-Hazelnut Shortbread Bars

Cinnamon hazelnut shortbread bar. (Photo, Sian Richards.)

Chatelaine Triple Tested

Ingredients

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour

  • 1/2 tsp salt

  • 1 cup skin-on filburts or hazelnuts

  • 2 tsp cinnamon

  • 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter, at room temperature

  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar

Instructions

  • PREHEAT oven to 350F. Spray two 8 × 8-in. metal baking pans with oil and line each with overhanging parchment.

  • ROAST hazelnuts in a single layer on a baking sheet until golden, 8 to 10 min. Pour hot hazelnuts onto a clean kitchen towel. Wrap around hazelnuts and rub until skin flakes off, then coarsely chop.

  • STIR flour with chopped hazelnuts, cinnamon and salt in a medium bowl.

  • BEAT butter with sugar in a large bowl, using a wooden spoon, until smooth, 1 min. Gradually stir in half of flour mixture, until just combined. Add remaining flour mixture, kneading with your hands, until dough forms a ball.

  • DIVIDE dough in half. Press a portion of dough evenly into each prepared pan. Using a fork, prick dough all over.

  • BAKE in centre of oven until golden, 28 to 30 min. Cool completely on a rack, about 1 hour. Remove shortbread from pans to a cutting board, then cut each into 16 bars.

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