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🍰 Basic Spritzgebäck Recipe

94 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 175 g soft butter
• 75 g powdered sugar (from cane sugar)
• 0.25 tsp salt
• 1 vanilla pod (seeds)
• 1 egg white
• 150 g spelt flour
• 50 g ground hazelnuts
• 25 g cornstarch
• 150 g dark chocolate (60% cocoa)

Instructions

1. 1. Preheat your oven to 180 degrees Celsius (conventional heat). If using fan-assisted (convection) heat, set it to 160 degrees. For gas ovens, select setting 2 to 3.
2. 2. Cream the butter together with the powdered sugar, a pinch of salt, and the vanilla seeds until smooth.
3. 3. Add the egg white to the butter mixture and beat everything with a mixer until the mixture becomes airy and foamy.
4. 4. In a separate bowl, mix together the spelt flour, the nuts, and the starch.
5. 5. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and stir it in gently until a uniform dough forms.
6. 6. Fill the dough into a piping bag fitted with a star tip.
7. 7. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
8. 8. Pipe sticks approximately 4 cm long onto the prepared tray.
9. 9. Bake the spritzgebäck sticks in the preheated oven for 12 to 15 minutes until golden yellow.
10. 10. Remove the tray from the oven and let the cookies cool down completely.
11. 11. Chop the chocolate roughly.
12. 12. Melt the chocolate pieces over a bowl of hot water (bain-marie).
13. 13. Dip half of the cooled sticks into the melted chocolate.
14. 14. Place the chocolate-dipped sticks on a wire rack and let the chocolate dry.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 94
• Protein: 1 g · Fett/Fat: 7 g · Carbs: 8 g