Easy Hazelnut Husking

• 1). Take the raw hazelnut and place it in the nut cracker to shatter the hard outer shell. With your fingers, remove any of this shell that removes. Do this for each nut, and discard the cracked shells.
  
  
• 2). Preheat the oven to 275 degrees F. Place shelled hazelnuts on a baking sheet and put them in the oven. Roast the nuts for 15 to 20 minutes, taking care not to let them burn.
  
  
• 3). Remove nuts from the oven, and wrap them in a terrycloth towel. Let them cool in the towel for about 10 minutes.
  
  
• 4). Rub the cooled hazelnuts vigorously with a towel. The nubs of the terrycloth will remove the remaining husk. Some of the husk may remain attached to the flesh of the nut, or some of the hazelnuts may be a bit discolored. This is fine, and likely a result of the variety of hazelnut you have obtained. The remaining skin is not harmful.