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Ingredients

• ✓ coarse sugar
• butter
• kosher salt
• brown sugar
• all-purpose flour
• sea salt

Instructions

1. 1 Cream butter, Diamond Crystal® Kosher Salt and dark brown sugar in a bowl for 5 minutes with an electric mixer on high speed. Add flour and mix on low speed until just combined.
2. 2 Scrape dough onto a sheet of parchment paper; shape into a log about 2 inches in diameter. Wrap with the parchment paper. Refrigerate until chilled completely, about an hour.
3. 3 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly oil cookie sheets.
4. 4 Remove dough from parchment and roll in demerara sugar to coat. Slice into rounds 1/4 inch thick and place on cookie sheets.
5. 5 Sprinkle each cookie with additional demerara sugar and a pinch of Diamond Crystal® Coarse Sea Salt.
6. 6 Bake until very lightly browned and firm to the touch, about 8 to 10 minutes.

By Diamond Crystal Salt

Ingredients

• ✓ coarse sugar
• milk
• egg yolk
• egg white
• egg yolk
• milk
• clove
• cinnamon
• cocoa powder
• rum
• white sugar
• hazelnut
• egg yolk
• butter
• salt
• white sugar
• all-purpose flour
• whole wheat flour
• active dry yeast
• milk

Instructions

1. 1 Combine 1 cup milk and yeast in a small bowl and let stand for 10 minutes until frothy.
2. 2 Mix whole wheat flour and all-purpose flour with sugar and salt in a large bowl or the bowl of your stand mixer. Add yeast mixture, butter, and egg yolks. Knead into a smooth, elastic dough using the kneading attachment until the dough detaches from the sides of the bowl, about 5 minutes. If the mixture seems dry, add more milk, 1 tablespoon at a time. Cover and let rise for 2 hours in a warm place.
3. 3 Mix hazelnuts, sugar, rum, cocoa powder, cinnamon, and cloves in a large bowl for the filling. Add 1/2 cup milk and stir until evenly moistened.
4. 4 Beat egg whites in a glass, metal, or ceramic bowl until stiff peaks form. Fold stiff egg whites into the hazelnut mixture.
5. 5 Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper and set them aside.
6. 6 Punch the dough down and divide into 2 equal parts. Cover 1 part with a clean dish towel and turn out the other part onto a lightly floured surface. Roll the dough into a 24x12-inch rectangle and spread 1/2 of the filling on top. Fold dough in half lengthwise to create a 24×6-inch rectangle. Pinch all the edges to seal and gently press down the dough to remove any air pockets.
7. 7 Using a ruler for even spacing, cut the rectangle into 1 1/2-inch strips with a sharp chef's knife. Make sure to cut all the way down to the bottom layer, but don't drag the knife. Twist each strip around itself 3 to 4 times. Place the strips on the prepared baking sheets, leaving 2 inches of space between them.
8. 8 Proceed the same way with the remaining dough.
9. 9 Cover the twists with clean dish towels and let them proof in a warm place until visibly risen, about 30 minutes.
10. 10 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
11. 11 Beat 2 egg yolks with 2 tablespoons milk in a small bowl. Brush the twists with egg wash and sprinkle with coarse sugar.
12. 12 Bake hazelnut twists in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 25 minutes. Transfer hazelnut twists to wire racks and let cool completely.

By nch

Ingredients

• ✓ coarse sugar
• butter
• sugar
• vanilla extract
• kosher salt
• egg white
• flour
• lime zest
• matcha powder
• lemon zest
• turmeric

Instructions

1. 1 Stir together butter, sugar, vanilla, and salt in a large bowl. Mix with an electric mixer at low speed until ingredients start to combine, about 30 seconds. Continue beating at medium speed until mixture is fluffy, light in color, and clings to sides of the bowl. Scrape down sides of bowl.
2. 2 Add egg white and mix until well incorporated. Add flour and continue mixing at low speed until most of the flour is incorporated, about 30 seconds. Increase speed to medium until dough comes together.
3. 3 Divide dough into 2 bowls. Mix lime zest and matcha powder into 1 dough portion for the green dough, and lemon zest and turmeric to other dough portion for yellow dough.
4. 4 Gather dough portions into individual balls and wrap in plastic wrap. Chill until easy to handle, about 1 hour.
5. 5 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
6. 6 Divide each dough portion into 16 pieces. Roll each piece into a 5-inch rope. Twist a green and yellow rope together, then coil into a spiral, tucking ends under and pressing to seal. Transfer to the prepared baking sheet. Repeat rolling, twisting, and spiraling with remaining dough. Arrange cookies on the baking sheet, spacing them about 1 inch apart. Sprinkle cookies with sparkling sugar.
7. 7 Bake until cookies are lightly browned around the edges, about 10 minutes. Cool on the baking sheets 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container up to 3 days at room temperature or freeze up to 3 months.

By Irvin Lin