Walnut Cookies
In Germany we use walnuts for many baking recipes. The walnut cookies are great for Christmas and easy to make. They are not only good for the holidays, I would bake them at any time. I always se a coffee grinder to grind hazelnuts or walnuts. Happy Baking!
Ingredients
Dough:
150 g margarine
100 powdered sugar
6 egg yolks
1 egg
1 sachet vanilla sugar
1 pinch salt
50 ground walnuts
350 g flour
Glaze
2 tbsp apricot jam
100 g powdered sugar
1-2 tbsp warm water
halves of walnuts for decoration
Baking Instructions
- Whisk margarine with powdered sugar, egg yolks, egg, vanilla sugar and salt until foamy.
- Add walnuts and mix in flour.
- Make balls of walnut size and put them on a greased baking tray.
- Bake them in preheated oven for 20 minutes at 150-175 degrees C.
- Press apricot jam through a sieve, and with a brush or a small spoon spread it over the cookies when they are still warm.
- Mix powdered sugar with water and also with a brush add it on the cookies after the apricot jam is dry.
- Place half of a walnut on top (it should stick).
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