Oma Kiener's Hazelnut Christmas Cookies

I agree with those whom were impressed by them, and disagreed with those that felt they were too bland, or lacked 'specialness'. I think sometimes we Americans feel shortchanged if we don't get all the bells and whistles, or if every lily isn't gilded; gastronomically speaking. On my perfect Christmas cookie platter, there are the 'fancy', rich, or showy ones, and then the 'plainer', simple, or unadorned ones. There is a place for both, I think, and I thought these were wonderful. It reminded me of a part of what best about German cooking. Thank you Oma Kiener, and Oma Keiner's children!

Initially I felt these cookies were a little on the bland side eventhough my whole family liked them. I did however make a few changes to the recipe. First, the dough was too dry, so I added 2 TB of milk. Secondly, I could not find ground hazelnuts, so I tried to ground whole ones in my blender, but ended up with powdered hazelnuts. If I'd had larger pieces I think these would have been better. Lastly I frosted the cookies with Nutella which seemed to help a lot.

these were delicious! definitely will be an addition to the christmas collection - (My great aunt used to make something similiar at christmas,....ahhh,..the memories!)

These were good but lacked the specialness of a Christmas cookie. Thanks for sharing.

Tasty and easy.. took to church potluck.. they vanished

My great-grandma always made these cookies, not with hazelnuts but with (yuck) walnuts. These didn't taste like hers, but it's only because my great-grandmother made her own butter from raw milk in a churn. So, it's very different taste than anyone is used to. lol

I used ground almond instead of hazelnut and it is great! easy and tasty! love it! my favorite cooky recipe now! :)

I’m gonna confess right off the bat that I did 2 things different than the recipe: I only processed the nuts to a coarse chop, and I added about 1/2 a teaspoon of almond extract. That said, WOW. These cookies are not knock-your-socks-off with flavor- but that’s OK, because the richness of the nuts and the butter makes up for it. They are certainly not bland.

This recipe was nice and easy to make. I added a bit of almond extract and chopped almonds as other reviewer suggested, but not to the batter, I thought they'd look nice instead of the sprinkles, and they did...no egg wash used either.

Although festive and colorful, my results were dry and lacked flavor. Spraying the pan resulted in crisp, dark bottoms. I would say these are more like biscuits than cookies.

Great cookies, everyone loved them. Bought hazelnuts in the shell and ground them in my coffee grinder. No changes made. Thanks for sharing them.

Family loved these as Christmas gifts. It's now requested for next year again

These were easy to make. I might cut them a wee bit thicker next time though. I will definitely make them again!