JAM FILLED NUT COOKIES

JAM FILLED NUT COOKIES

Ingredients:

200 g flour

150 g ground hazelnuts

1 egg

100 g sugar

2 tsp vanilla sugar

Pinch of salt

125 g butter

125 g cherry jam

100 g dark chocolate

Approx.20 walnut halves

1.     Mix the flour and hazelnuts together and transfer the mixture onto your work surface. Add the egg, vanilla sugar, salt and flakes of butter and knead all the ingredients together.

2.     Shape the dough into a ball and wrap it in cling film and stand in a cool place for 1 hour.

3.     Roll out the dough on a floured work surface, a portion at a time, then cut out the cookies using a cookie cutter. 

4.     Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Place the cookies on baking sheet and bake for about 10 minutes.

5.     Puree the cherry jam and use it to sandwich two cookies together at a time.

6.     Break the chocolate into pieces and melt it either in a warm bain-marie or in a microwave. 

7.     Top with half a walnut.

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Butter shortbread cookies

Butter shortbread cookies

Ingredients:

500 g flour

250 g butter

200 g sugar

2 eggs

2 tsp vanilla sugar

Grated zest and juice of 1 lemon

Pinch of cinnamon

1 egg yolk

1.      Combine the flour, butter flakes with the sugar. Make the depression in the center and tip in the eggs, vanilla sugar, grated lemon zest, lemon juice and cinnamon.

2.      Mix all the ingredients with a hand then knead the mixture into a smooth dough.

3.      Leave the dough in a cool place for 1h.

4.      Preheat the oven to 200 degrees.

5.      Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface.

6.      Cut out shapes and place them on baking sheet which have been greased and dusted with flour.

7.      Brush the cookies with egg yolk and bake for approx. 10 minutes until golden brown.

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ALMOND COOKIES

ALMOND COOKIES

Ingredients:

150 g flour

1 tsp baking powder

Pinch of salt

280 g icing sugar

2 tsp vanilla sugar

2 tbsp milk

125 g butter

150g ground almonds

Flour for dusting

1.     Sift the flour and baking powder together in a mixing bowl. Add the salt, 80 g of icing sugar, almonds and milk. Cut the butter into pieces and add them to the mixture. Mix it all with an electric mixer.

2.     Sprinkle the work surface with flour and knead the dough by hands. Leave it in a cool place for 1 hour.

3.     Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.  Roll out the dough thinly, cut out cookie shapes and place on baking paper. Bake for 10  minutes.

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