These are so called Spritz cookies or Spritzgebäck in German, and are classic cookie for Christmas and the holidays. These chocolate Spritz cookies are quite easy to make, and you can fill them or not. Happy Baking!
Makes about 60 cookies
40 g marzipan, raw – Find it here –
150 g butter
50 g powdered sugar
1 dash salt
2 drops lemon flavor
3 drops vanilla flavor – Find Dr Oetker Flavor Here –
1 medium egg
165 g flour
15 g cocoa powder, unsweetened
chocolate for the glaze
– Warm the marzipan a little so it gets soft (you could use the micro wave). Let cool off.
– Combine butter, powdered sugar, marzipan, salt and flavors and beat until smooth, then add the egg,
– Sieve flour with with cocoa, add to dough but mix very briefly because dough might become too solid.
– Pre-heat oven to 180 °C of 375 F.
– Layer baking tray with parchment paper.
– Fill dough into a frosting bag with big star nozzle and form sticks or S forms onto the tray.
– Bake for 12-13 min (medium height).
– Let cookies cool off.
– If you like you can add warmed jam on one side of a cookie and place another one onto the jam side.
– Melt chocolate and dip one end of the cookie into the chocolate.
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