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      Title: Chocolate-Dipped Hazelnut Macaroons
 Categories: Five, Nuts, Chocolate
      Yield: 24 servings
 
    2/3 c  Whole hazelnuts; toasted;
           - skins removed
    3/4 c  Sugar; divided
      7 oz Tube almond paste; crumbled
      2 lg Egg whites
      6 oz Semisweet chocolate; melted
 
  Set oven @ 325°F/165°C.
  
  Place hazelnuts and 1/4 cup sugar in a food processor; process
  until nuts are finely ground. Add almond paste, egg whites, and
  remaining sugar; process until blended, about 3 minutes.
  
  Cut a small hole in the tip of a pastry bag; insert a large star
  pastry tip. Fill bag with hazelnut mixture.  Pipe 1-1/4" rosettes
  2" apart onto parchment-lined baking sheets.
  
  Bake until light brown, 12-14 minutes. Cool on pans 1 minute.
  Remove to wire racks to cool completely.
  
  Dip bottom of each cookie in melted chocolate; allow excess to drip
  off. Place on waxed paper-lined baking sheets; refrigerate until
  set, about 1 hour.
  
  Recipe by Deirdre Cox, Kansas City, Missouri
  
  RECIPE FROM: https://www.tasteofhome.com
  
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