Hazelnut Cookies & Christmas Trees
It's this time of the year again!
It looks a lot like Christmas here at Bake Austin. We are baking German Christmas cookies not only with our students but also for our clients. It's hard to not eat all these lovely cookies. My kids and I went to get a Christmas tree just a day before yesterday and I am so excited to have this tradition with them. Yesterday we started adding a few ornaments, and I am looking forward to "slow decorating", a movement we decided will take place this year. :)
I wanted to share one of our recipes with you, we baked these on KXAN Studio 512 last year and I thought you might want to make one of my Oma Grete's cookies this holiday: German Hazelnut Cookies
Ingredients:
1 1/3 cup ground hazelnuts
1 3/4 cup Flour
1 tsp orange zest
1 pinch ground clove
1/2 tsp of almond extract or hazelnut extract
1/2 cup sugar
1 pinch salt
15 TBSP unsalted butter cold
1 egg
For decorations:
whole hazelnuts
Instructions:
Roast nuts on the stove top in a dry pan for approx. 8 minutes, but don't let them get too dark. Let nuts cool. Wash orange with hot water and dry. Zest 1 tsp. Mix flour, orange zest, hazelnut meal, clove, extract, sugar, and salt. Cut butter in cubes and add to flour mixture with egg, knead until dough forms. Wrap in plastic and place in the fridge for about 2 hours. Preheat oven to 375 F. Roll out cookie dough to 1/4 inch thickness and cut out with cookie cutters. Place cookies on a cookie sheet covered with parchment paper. If you want to use hazelnuts for decoration just place nuts on cookies before baking. Bake for 12-15 minutes until golden brown. Let them cool completely. Keep in airtight container for 3-4 weeks.
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Hi, my name is Pascal Simon, owner of Bake Austin. I have been baking since I was a little girl in Germany. I infuse my baking with my inexhaustible creativity. I teach children how to bake and decorate cakes and cupcakes, as well as create amazing candies, cookies and so much more. My mission with Bake Austin is to bring community together through baking. Join me!
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