Categories: Desserts, Cookies, Holiday 
      Yield: 24 servings 
  
      4    Egg,whites at room temp. 
      8 tb Sugar 
    1/4 c  Finely chopped hazelnuts + 
           1 tablespoon 
  
      Preheat oven to 250 deg.  Line 2 large cookie sheets with wax 
  paper or parchment.  In small bowl of electric mixer, (hand mixer 
  works fine) whisk whites until they peak softly.  Beat in sugar, 2 
  tabls. at a time and continue until mixture is stiff and shiny. 
  Quickly fold in 1/4 cup chopped hazelnuts. 
      Drop by tablespoons onto prepared cookie sheets. Sprinkle the 
  remaining tablespoons of nuts. Bake in preheated oven for 3 hours 
  until dry.  Makes 24.