Triple Chocolate-Hazelnut Cookies

Bet Santa would smack his lips over these left out on a plate with a glass of cold milk on Christmas Eve!!
(makes about 24)

1 cup blanched hazelnuts, chopped
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 t. baking powder
1/4 t. salt
8 oz. bittersweet chocolate, chopped
6 T. unsalted Kerrygold* butter
1 t. pure vanilla extract
2 large eggs
3/4 cup Sugar in the Raw*
1 cup milk chocolate chips
1 cup white chocolate chips

Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350. Spread the hazelnuts on a rimmed* baking sheet and bake on the upper rack until golden, about 7 min. Whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt in a med. bowl. Combine the chopped chocolate and butter in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave in 30 sec. intervals, stirring, until melted. Add the vanilla and whisk until smooth; set aside. Beat the eggs in a large bowl with a mixer on med. speed until foamy, about 1 min. Gradually add the sugar and beat until thick and pale yellow, about 6 min. Gradually add the melted chocolate mixture and beat until combined. Reduce the mixer speed to low; add the flour mixture and beat until just combined, about 1 min. Fold in the hazelnuts and both chocolate chips. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Drop heaping T. of batter 2" apart on the baking sheets. Bake, switching the pans halfway through, until cookies are slightly puffed and crackly, 12-15 min. Let cool 5 min. on the baking sheets, then transfer to a rack to cool completely.

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Have FUN out there in the snow today. Be careful and don't fall, tho!!

Love,

MM