Showing posts with label Nussecken. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nussecken. Show all posts

Saturday, 15 March 2014

Nussecken (German nut cookies)

By Lucia Lukas

This is another popular German Christmas cookie :)

Dough
150g / 5.3oz flour
1/2T baking powder
65g / 2.3oz sugar
vanilla sugar
65g / 2.3oz Earth Balance salt-free butter
  • put on baking tray, spread apricot jam on top, then add Topping...

Topping
100g / 3.5oz Earth Balance salt-free butter
vanilla sugar
2T water
  • melt together and add:
100g / 3.5oz ground hazelnuts
100g / 3.5oz cut hazelnuts
  • bake for 20-30 mins at 180C
  • cut in triangles
  • add melted chocolate to the corners