CHOCOLATE HAZELNUT CRISPS

         ½ cup hazelnuts                    2 eggs
         2 oz unsweetened chocolate         ½ cup sifted flour
         ½ cup butter                       ½ tsp vanilla
         1 cup sugar                        

Finely chop the nuts. Melt the chocolate. Mix the butter into the chocolate, then the sugar, and then the eggs one at a time. Add the flour and vanilla and beat well. Spread onto 12x16 baking sheet. Sprinkle with chopped nuts.

Bake at 400° for 15 minutes. While warm, cut into two-inch squares. Cool and break into squares. Makes 48.

Adapted from “Best Chocolate & Cocoa Recipes” (1931). Discover more vintage recipes at the Padgett Sunday Supper Club (clubpadgett.com)!