German Christmas Cookies

Name: German Christmas Cookies
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 17 min
Cuisine: European, German
Ingredients: 250 gram butter; 200 gram sugar; 2 eggs; 1/2 tsp salt; 2 tsp baking powder; 500 gram flour; 100 gram powder sugar; 1/4 tsp almond extract; 80 grams almonds

3 steps

Prep:5minCook:12min

The dough for this is so simple to make and you don’t even need any fancy tools. Just a bowl and a spatula . Decorate them anyway you like - if there are any left to decorate because once you smell them it’s hard to resist a nibble !

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 10:36:08 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

High

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories537.1 kcal (27%)

Total Fat25.6 g (37%)

Carbs70.2 g (27%)

Sugars30.3 g (34%)

Protein8.2 g (16%)

Sodium230.5 mg (12%)

Fiber2.4 g (8%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

10 servings

250 grambutter

200 gramsugar

2eggs

½ tspsalt

2 tspbaking powder

500 gramflour

100 grampowder sugar

¼ tspalmond extract

80 gramsalmonds

Instructions

Step 1

In a bowl add in the butter then use a spatula to cream it . Add the sugar and eggs and give it a good mix with the spatula

butter250 gram

sugar200 gram

eggs2

Step 2

In a bowl mix the flour baking powder and salt then sift it all into the wet ingredients and mix until it forms a dough. Separate the dough in half then add ground almonds and almond extract to one half of the dough . Wrap in plastic wrap then refrigerate 40 minutes to stiffen slightly.

salt½ tsp

baking powder2 tsp

flour500 gram

almond extract¼ tsp

almonds80 grams

Step 3

Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface then cut the shapes you want and bake at 180 c for around 10-12 minutes . After dust with powder sugar or add colors and decorate however you like

powder sugar100 gram