Chocolate-dipped Christmas Hazelnuts Crescents

Ingredients:

2 cups flour
1 cup usalted butter, softened
1/2 cup hazelnuts, toasted and finely chopped
12 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted
3 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped into small pieces
6 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp hazelnut-flavored liqueur or water
1 tsp vanilla
Pinch of salt

Preparing:

Preheat oven to 170ºC (325ºF).

Beat butter until creamy and add the sugar, tha hazelnut liqueur, the vanilla, the chocolate and hazelnuts.
Add the flour and salt.

With floured hands, sahpe the dough into 2 x 1/2-inch crescent shapes.
Place on greased baking sheets, 2 inches apart.
Bake for 25 minutes.

Remove from the oven and let cool.
Dust the cookies with confectioner's sugar and dip half of each cookie into the melted chocolate.