Christmas biscuits - teamwork and seduction
Time
Preparation time: 15 min.
Cooking or baking time: 15 min.
Rest period: 12 hours
Total preparation time: 12 hours 30 minutes
Christmas can be really annoying. When so many people squat in the flat (or hang out, they say today)! The turkey from EDEKA still had 2 kilos of ice inside and then the oven burned on 24.12. by...
The preparation for Christmas will be nice for the whole family. In November, it must occasionally smell of cinnamon and cloves in our apartments.
And there is something for everyone, grandfather, grandchild and great-grandchild, as well as the food processor. Adults should, of course, be tolerant of the youngest family members when cutting and decorating.
The recipe for ours Christmas Cookies I found in a book in the sixties. This is easily changed in the family these days.
What do our biscuits consist of:
ingredients
- 400 g of flour type 405
- 100 g of cornstarch (wheat or corn)
- 200 g of sugar
- 250 g sunflower margarine (room temperature)
- 100 g hazelnuts, ground
- 2 eggs (about 100 g)
- 3 g (1/2 pck) of baking powder
- 1 pck of vanilla sugar
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1/2 tsp ginger, ground
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, ground
- 1/2 teaspoon cloves, ground
preparation
- Of course, the dry ingredients are first mixed. Only then will the two eggs and the soft margarine be added. This also works with blender or food processor.
- I let the dough wrapped in foil overnight in the fridge (because of the eggs!) Pull.
- Before cutting, the dough is kneaded patiently and rolled out, the remains are kneaded again and again.
- The oven should be preheated (not fast) to 180 ° Celsius. A tin is baked in about 15 minutes.
After cooling, the biscuits can be decorated.
- Traditionally, we often take lemon glaze.
- Couverture covers m. E. The aroma of biscuits too strong, while the actually stronger lemon glaze complements the spices rather.
- Interesting and pleasant I find a light glaze with saffron. For this purpose, saffron (0.5 grams per cup powdered sugar) is poured with little hot water, soaked in a small sieve, again in a little water etc. The result is - mixed with powdered sugar - a light yellow glaze with a light saffron flavor.
- Of course, some people want colorful biscuits, they also get it, with tube and bag colors, see pictures.
For calorie-conscious: So an average Christmas biscuit with 8 grams "total weight" is equivalent to 1 point (Weight Watchers).
