Linzer Dough

At first glance, this dough appears fairly simple, and although that is true, for the most part, Linzer dough is a bit deceiving in that it can become unusable if you are not careful. It is critical that the hazelnuts are ground to a fine consistency. (If this is done in a food processor, add half of the sugar to the nuts while grinding to absorb the oil and keep the nuts from turning into a paste.) When the ground nuts are too coarse, it becomes virtually impossible to move a rolled sheet