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.
ZIMTSTERNE - Cinamon Stars
- 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!