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🍰 Marzipan Quark Wreaths

292 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 150 g wheat wholemeal flour
• 150 g spelt flour
• 3 tsp baking powder
• 75 g sugar (4 level tbsp)
• 1 pinch salt
• 150 g low-fat quark
• 100 ml milk (1.5% fat)
• 80 ml rapeseed oil
• 100 g marzipan base
• 25 g chopped pistachio kernels (2 tbsp)
• 1 egg yolk

Instructions

1. 1. Mix both types of flour and the baking powder in a large mixing bowl.
2. 2. Add sugar, salt, quark (a type of fresh curd cheese), milk, and oil to the bowl.
3. 3. Beat everything with the dough hooks of a hand mixer until you have a smooth dough.
4. 4. Take the dough out of the bowl and place it on a lightly floured work surface.
5. 5. Roughly chop the marzipan.
6. 6. Add the chopped marzipan pieces and the pistachios to the dough.
7. 7. Knead the ingredients well into the dough by hand.
8. 8. Divide the dough into 20 equal portions.
9. 9. Shape each portion into a thin roll about 30 centimeters long.
10. 10. Take two rolls at a time and loosely twist them around each other several times.
11. 11. This creates a long cord.
12. 12. Shape each cord into a wreath.
13. 13. Press the ends of the cord together at the seams so the wreath holds its shape.
14. 14. Line two baking sheets with baking paper.
15. 15. Distribute the wreaths evenly on the sheets.
16. 16. Separate one egg into yolk and white.
17. 17. Use the egg white for something else.
18. 18. Whisk the egg yolk with one tablespoon of water.
19. 19. Brush the wreaths with the egg yolk and water mixture.
20. 20. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius conventional heat (160 degrees Celsius fan-forced or gas level 2-3).
21. 21. Bake the wreaths one after the other on the lowest rack.
22. 22. Bake for about 15 minutes.
23. 23. Take the wreaths out of the oven.
24. 24. Let them cool completely on a wire rack.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 292
• Protein: 7 g · Fett/Fat: 14 g · Carbs: 32 g