Recipes Pop’t Art: Modern-design Sugar Cookie with Chocolate Hazelnut Filling Pop Eats Epcot International Festival of the Arts ’17

Makes 6

Ingredients

Sugar Cookie

1/2 cup sugar
1 cup butter
1 egg white
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
1/8 teaspoon salt

Topping

6 tablespoons chocolate-hazelnut spread

Glaze

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
3-4 tablespoons milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Food coloring

Method of Preparation

For Sugar Cookie:

1. Cream sugar and butter in bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment until fluffy. Add egg white and beat for 1 minute.
2. Slowly add sifted flour and salt and beat at medium speed until a soft dough forms.
3. Cover bowl and chill in refrigerator for 30 minutes.
4. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment or silicone baking mat.
5. Roll dough into a 1/4-inch thick rectangle on a lightly floured surface.
6. Cut into six, 3×5-inch rectangles.
7. Place cookies on prepared baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes, until golden brown.
8. Remove from oven and cool for 30 minutes.

For Topping:

1. Spread 1 tablespoon of chocolate-hazelnut spread on each cookie, leaving a border of about 1/8 inch around the edges of each cookie.
2. Set aside.

For Glaze:

1. Whisk powdered sugar, 3 tablespoons of the milk, and the vanilla extract in a pie plate until smooth. Add additional milk if the glaze is too thick.
2. Set aside 2 tablespoons of glaze in a small bowl.
3.
Dip each cookie, chocolate-hazelnut side down, in the glaze to cover the chocolate.
4. Set on a wire rack to dry.
5. Mix remaining glaze with desired color or colors of food coloring. Use a fork to drizzle colored glaze on top of the cookies.