| For the dough | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 cup 1 tbsp 2 tsp | Butter, salted | |
| 1¼ cups | Sugar, white, granulated | |
| 2 tsp | Vanilla Sugar | |
| 1 tsp | Lemon zest, peel | |
| 3⅛ cups | Wheat flour, white, pastry flour | |
| 2⅝ cups | Almonds, ground | |
| 2 (ea. 1.76 oz) | Egg, large | |
| For decorating | ||
| ⅜ cup 1 tbsp | Black Currant Jam / Jelly / Marmelade | |
| 1 tbsp 1 tsp | Icing sugar, confectioner's sugar, powdered sugar (unsifted) | |
| 49.08 oz | altogether (view nutrition facts) | |
Preparation
- Serving size:1.17 oz (calculated)Notes: 1 cookie
- Temperature: 356 °F
- Whisk the softened butter with the sugar, vanilla sugar and lemon peel.
- Mix the flour with the ground almonds.
- Alternate adding an egg and some of the dry ingredients, whisking in between.
- Whisk until you have a smooth, buttery dough.
- Wrap in cling film and rest in the fridge for at least an hour, better two. You can leave the dough in the fridge overnight, too.
- Sprinkle some flour on your working surface and roll some of the dough until about 3 mm or 1/8 in thick.
- Use a cookie cutter to cut out shapes. For half of the cookies, also cut out a hole in the center.
- Traditionally, these cookies are now baked (for about 10 to 12 minutes). Then put 1/2 teaspoon of jam on the whole cookie while still warm and top it with a "ring" cookie.
- We prefer to add the jam and top the full cookie with the ring before baking, though. This makes the jam sticky and the cookies hold together more nicely.
- Finally, dust with some icing sugar and enjoy.
- Tip: Store the cookies in a metal tin to keep them moist. You can also add a piece of apple, partially wrapped in tin foil to keep them extra soft.
Preparing the dough
Baking the cookies
- Calorie count141 kcal
- % of calories by macros
Fat 51.8 % 73 kcal 8.2 g Net Carbs 39.7 % 56 kcal 14.3 g Dietary Fiber 1.4 % 2 kcal 1.1 g Protein 7.1 % 10 kcal 2.6 g - Approx. WW SmartPoints™5.8
- Cholesterol 21.8 mg
- Sodium 42.4 mg
- Fat 8.2 g
- Saturated Fat 3.4 g
- Trans Fat 0.2 g
- Carbohydrates 15.4 g
- Dietary Fiber 1.1 g
- Total Sugars 7.6 g
- Added Sugar 6.4 g
- Sugar alcohols 0 g
- Protein 2.6 g
- Calcium 21.9 mg
- Iron 0.4 mg
- Magnesium 19 mg
- Potassium 67.1 mg
- Zinc 0.3 mg
- Vitamin A (Retinol Equivalents) 45.2 mcg
- Vitamin B12 0 mcg
- Vitamin C 4.8 mg
- Folate 4 mcg
- Folic Acid 0.9 mcg