2nd Place Traditional HAZELNUT COOKIE SANDWICHES (Ferrero Ro-Sleighs)

Submitted by Hannah Kupfer, Newnan

Hazelnut Cookie Sandwiches
(Ferrero Ro-Sleighs)

1⅞ cups all purpose flour
2½ tablespoons dark cocoa powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup butter, softened
⅔ cup granulated sugar
½ cup brown sugar
2 eggs, room temperature
2 cups hazelnut spread, divided
1 teaspoon vanilla

Combine dry ingredients. Beat butter until smooth. Add sugars to butter and beat; add eggs. Add one cup hazelnut spread and vanilla; beat. Add dry ingredients; mix.

Roll dough balls in hazelnuts. Bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes. Allow cookies to cool. Spread 2 to 3 teaspoons on one cookie and layer with another cookie to make sandwiches.

Judge’s Comment:

This is a monstrous cookie, and it came to the fight with its taste, too!

– Abigail Alvarez