Here they are – mine are not as beautiful, but they are tasty. Oh, and is the apple Nikolaus not cute? Mia Rose made it last week in the Sophie Scholl Saturday School – and in the background is our advents wreath 🙂
Here is the recipe – measurements are in gram as ist is from a German cookbook; my scale does measurements in grams and ounces.
– 3 egg whites
– 250 Gram powdered sugar
– 1 teaspoon Vanilla – or a package of vanilla sugar which you can get at a German store, and I
have also it before at New Season’s
– 1 teaspoon ground cinamon
– 275 – 325 gr ground almonds or you could also use hazelnuts
* Beat egg whites until very firm
* Slowly pour sifted powdered sugar into the egg whites
* Set about two Tablespoons of the egg white mixture aside – for frosting
* Add Vanilla, cinamon, and half amount of the nuts
* Mix under the meringue carefully and slowly add the remaining nuts
* Cover area with flour – or powdered sugar – and put dough on top of it
* Roll the dough to about 1/4″ thickness – you may need to put flour on top of the dough as well to
prevent dough stickig to rolling pin
* with a star shaped cookie cutter cut out the cookies. Place them on a parchment lined cookie
sheet
* frost cookies with the meringue – you may have to add a couple of drops of water
*Preheat oven to 300F – bake for app. 20 minutes
Enjoy!
