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Zimtsterne (German Cinnamon Star Cookies)

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Prep: 0 min Cook: 0 min Difficulty: medium

Categories: Dessert, Baked

Tags: easy, recipes for cookies, recipes for dessert, recipes using almond, recipes using egg white, recipes using ground cinnamon, recipes using hazelnut, recipes using lemon zest, recipes using powdered sugar, recipes with images, recipes without servings

Source: Wikibooks contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook%3AZimtsterne_%28German_Cinnamon_Star_Cookies%29)

Adapted: Imported and reformatted by HowManyCookies from the cited Wikibooks revision.

Source revision: https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook%3AZimtsterne%20%28German%20Cinnamon%20Star%20Cookies%29&oldid=4587443

License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) · Wikibooks contributors

Ingredients

  • 4 egg whites
  • 300 g powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 350 g ground almonds or hazelnuts
  • A little grated lemon zest

Directions

  1. Whip the egg whites until creamy.
  2. Sift in powdered sugar, and mix into egg whites.
  3. Set aside almost a third of the resulting mass for casting.
  4. Stir in the remaining mass of cinnamon and almonds, or hazelnuts and lemon zest, and knead into a dough.
  5. Roll out the dough, cut out star shapes and place on the greased baking sheet.
  6. Mix the remaining stiff egg white with rum until a glaze mass forms.
  7. Brush the cinnamon stars with glaze.
  8. Bake in a preheated oven at 160°C for about 20 minutes.