Ganache covered Butter Cookies

I wanted to make Cruise Ship cookie using this dough. It is a good cookie dough for decorating. I had some cookie dough left and made these cookies. These are delicious cookies and dipping them in ganache made them extra special. 

Ingredients:
1 cup unsalted butter
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 large egg
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups all-purpose flour

Method:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Sift flour with baking powder and set aside.

Cream butter, salt and sugar with a paddle attachment for about 3 minutes. Scrap the sides of the bowl and mix for another 1 minute. Beat in the egg and vanilla  until well combined.
Reduce speed to low and add the flour a cup at a time and mix thoroughly after each addition.

Form dough into halves and wrap into plastic wrap in refrigerator until ready to use.

Cut out cookies with your favorite cookie cutter and place onto baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Bake cookie until edges are golden about 10 to 12 minutes. Let cookies cool on baking sheet until ready to use.

Chocolate Ganache

Ingredients:
12 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
2 Tbsp corn syrup
6 ozs cream
1 tsp vanilla

Directions
Place the chocolate into a medium bowl.

Heat the cream with the corn syrup in a small sauce pan over medium heat. Bring to a simmer.Then pour over the chopped chocolate, and stir until smooth. Add the vanilla and stir to combine.

Allow the ganache to cool slightly before dipping the cookies. I dipped the cookies once, then let me cool a little then sprinkle a little fleur de sel, then sprinkle a little chopped hazelnut and then pour another layer of ganache on the cookies.