Hazelnut Chocolate Rounds

Directions

1. 1
   Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. 2
   Prepare 2 cookie sheets.
3. 3
   Beat the butter and sugar until light and creamy.
4. 4
   Add the hazelnuts.
5. 5
   Sift the flour and salt together and beat it into the butter-and-nut mixture.
6. 6
   Add the melted chocolate.
7. 7
   Chill the dough for at least 2 hours.
8. 8
   Dust your hands with flour and break off 1-inch pieces of dough and roll them into balls.
9. 9
   Roll these into ropes and pinch the ends of the ropes together to form small circles.
10. 10
    Bake for 20 minutes.
11. 11
    Cool on a cookie rack and store in an airtight container, preferably in the refrigerator.