Hazelnut-Orange Rochers

The batter must be refrigerated overnight so that it is firm and thoroughly chilled before baking.

Source
Martha Stewart Living, January 2008
Hazelnut-Orange Rochers
  • servings 26

Ingredients

  • 12 ounces blanched hazelnuts, toasted (about 2 1/2 cups), plus 52 hazelnut halves for garnish

  • 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar

  • 3/4 teaspoon coarse salt

  • 3 large egg whites

  • 3 1/2 teaspoons finely grated orange zest

  • 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice

  • Fine sanding sugar, for sprinkling

Cook's Note

Rocher may mean “rock” in French, but with crisp outsides that yield to soft, chewy centers, these cookies hardly resemble their namesake.

Directions

  1. Step 1

    Pulse toasted hazelnuts, confectioners' sugar, and salt in a food processor until finely ground (mixture should be powdery). Add egg whites and orange zest and juice, and pulse until combined. Transfer batter to an airtight container, and refrigerate overnight.

  2. Step 2

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Nest 2 baking sheets (to prevent bottoms of cookies from browning too quickly), and line top sheet with parchment. Drop tablespoons of batter onto lined sheet, spacing them 1 inch apart. Shape each into a mound, top with 2 hazelnut halves, and sprinkle generously with sanding sugar. Refrigerate remaining batter.

  3. Step 3

    Bake cookies, rotating sheets from front to back halfway through, until golden brown, 20 to 23 minutes. Let cool completely on a wire rack. Repeat with remaining batter.

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