🍽️ pcs Nicholas Cookies

Name: pcs Nicholas Cookies
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 50 g powdered sugar; 1 tsp lemon juice; marzipan paste; red food coloring; sugar lens; colorful sugar beads; 150 g butter; 250 g honey; 250 g brown sugar; 100 g ground almond kernels; 450 g flour; 1 tsp cinnamon powder; 2 tsp gingerbread spice; 1 tsp lemon zest; 1 egg; 1 tsp potash; 2 tbsp rum

570 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

50 g powdered sugar
1 tsp lemon juice
marzipan paste
red food coloring
sugar lens
colorful sugar beads
150 g butter
250 g honey
250 g brown sugar
100 g ground almond kernels
450 g flour
1 tsp cinnamon powder
2 tsp gingerbread spice
1 tsp lemon zest
1 egg
1 tsp potash
2 tbsp rum

Instructions

1. Place butter pieces, honey, and sugar in a pot.
2. Heat the mixture while stirring constantly until the sugar has completely dissolved.
3. Pour the hot mixture into a large mixing bowl.
4. Let the mixture cool down in the bowl.
5. Add the almonds, 400 grams of flour, all spices, and the egg to the cooled mixture.
6. Knead everything thoroughly using a hand mixer with the dough hook.
7. If the dough seems too dry, add a little more flour.
8. Stir the potash (a leavening agent) in a small bowl with the rum until smooth.
9. Add the rum-potash mixture to the dough.
10. Continue kneading the dough until it shines and no longer sticks to your hands.
11. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap.
12. Let the dough rest in the refrigerator overnight.
13. Preheat your oven to 180 degrees Celsius with fan setting.
14. Line a baking sheet with baking paper.
15. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface.
16. Cut out shapes of your choice, such as pcs Nicholas faces or stars.
17. Place the cookies on the prepared sheet.
18. Bake the cookies in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes until golden yellow.
19. Carefully remove the cookies from the sheet.
20. Let the cookies cool on a wire rack.
21. Stir the powdered sugar with enough lemon juice until you get a thick glaze.
22. Knead the marzipan with red food coloring.
23. Roll out the colored marzipan.
24. Cut out triangular hats from the marzipan.
25. Place the hats on the cooled cookies.
26. Press the hats down slightly.
27. Fill the sugar glaze into a piping bag.
28. Pipe the beard, eyes, and hat decorations onto the cookies.
29. Place a small dot of glaze for the nose.
30. Put a chocolate lens on the glaze dot.
31. Decorate the eyes and the hat with sugar pearls.
32. Place a small mouth piece made of marzipan on the glaze beard.
33. Let the decorated cookies dry.

Nutrition per serving

kcal: 570
Protein: 5 g · Fett/Fat: 32 g · Carbs: 67 g