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🍽️ Christmas Saint Nicholas Cookies

106 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 175 g Butter
• 150 g cane sugar
• 2 Eggs
• 1 tsp Cinnamon
• 0.25 tsp Clove powder
• 0.25 tsp Ginger powder
• 250 g peeled, ground almond kernels
• 400 g Flour
• 300 g Powdered sugar
• 1 Egg white
• 1 tbsp Lemon juice
• red food coloring
• sugar pearls
• coconut flakes

Instructions

1. 1. Beat the butter together with the sugar and eggs in a bowl using a mixer or whisk until the mixture is light and airy.
2. 2. Gently fold the spices and almonds into the butter-sugar mixture.
3. 3. Add the flour and knead everything with your hands or a spoon until a homogeneous, smooth dough forms.
4. 4. Wrap the dough tightly in cling film.
5. 5. Place the dough in the refrigerator for about one hour to let it firm up.
6. 6. Lightly dust a work surface with flour and roll out the dough.
7. 7. Cut 4.5-centimeter diamonds out of the dough using a cutter or knife.
8. 8. Place the diamonds on a baking sheet lined with baking paper.
9. 9. Bend the two opposite tips of each diamond slightly upwards to create the shape of the hat.
10. 10. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
11. 11. Bake the cookies for about 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven.
12. 12. Remove the tray and let the cookies cool down completely.
13. 13. Whisk 200 grams of powdered sugar with egg white in a small bowl until a smooth white icing forms.
14. 14. Whisk 100 grams of powdered sugar with lemon juice and red food coloring in a second bowl until a red icing forms.
15. 15. Brush one-third of each cookie's surface with the red icing.
16. 16. Brush the remaining part of the cookie's surface with the white icing.
17. 17. Decorate the red area with sugar pearls and a little white egg white icing to represent the face and hat.
18. 18. Place coconut flakes on the white area to represent the beard.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 106
• Protein: 2 g · Fett/Fat: 5 g · Carbs: 13 g