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🍰 Gluten-Free Lemon Eye Cookies

359 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1. Separate the eggs. Use the egg whites for another recipe.
  2. 2. Rinse the lemon under hot water.
  3. 3. Grate about one teaspoon of fine lemon zest.
  4. 4. In a bowl, mix the flour, ground almonds, 50 grams of powdered sugar, vanilla sugar, and a pinch of salt.
  5. 5. Add the egg yolks, the butter, and the lemon zest to the flour mixture.
  6. 6. Knead everything into a smooth dough.
  7. 7. Chill the dough in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes.
  8. 8. Preheat the oven to 160 degrees Celsius fan mode.
  9. 9. Shape the dough into small balls, about the size of a cherry.
  10. 10. Spread the remaining powdered sugar on a clean work surface.
  11. 11. Roll the dough balls in the powdered sugar until they are completely covered.
  12. 12. Place the balls with some space between them on a baking sheet lined with baking paper.
  13. 13. Press a small indentation into the center of each ball using the wooden handle of a cooking spoon.
  14. 14. Be careful not to pierce through the balls.
  15. 15. Bake the cookies in the oven for about 15 minutes.
  16. 16. Make sure the cookies do not turn too dark.
  17. 17. Remove the cookies from the oven.
  18. 18. Fill the indentations with jam.
  19. 19. Let the cookies cool down completely.
  20. 20. Finally, dust the finished cookies with powdered sugar.

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