How do we know it's December and the holiday season? When the kitchen smells like cinnamon! Cinnamon stars are fragile Christmas cakes that brighten up the festive table with both their appearance and taste. They are one of those cookies that you don't have to worry about getting hard because they always go like honey.
Almost nothing conjures a festive atmosphere, warmth and homeliness in December like the smell of cinnamon. Cinnamon stars they are, like mulled wine, a typical representative of December. You sweet cookies they are at least as good as they are beautiful, so they should not be missing from any festive table.
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In the following, we present you a recipe for crispy cookies with cinnamon and white glaze.
Recipe - cinnamon stars/cinnamon cookies:
Ingredients - cinnamon stars/cookies:
- 500 g ground almonds
- 5 egg whites
- 480 g of powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon
The process of making cinnamon stars/cookies:
Beat the egg whites. When it is not completely firm, add 450 grams of sugar evenly. Beat for 10 minutes until firm snow is formed. Mix cinnamon and almonds, stir into the snow and put in the refrigerator for about an hour. Before that, put five tablespoons of it in the refrigerator separately. Prepare two sheets of baking paper. One is sprinkled with the remaining sugar and the mass is placed on it, which is covered with another baking paper. Roll out to about one centimeter thick. Remove the paper and cut out the stars with a template or by hand. Place them on a baking sheet lined with baking paper and cover with the saved snow. Let the mass air dry for at least two hours. Bake the cookies for 10 minutes at a temperature of 160 degrees Celsius. When they have cooled slightly, transfer them to wire racks to cool completely. Let's serve. And happy sweetening!
