23rd Dec2018

Almond Chocolate Blobs

by marie

(50 blobs, one baking tray)

 

 

Melt 100 g of dark chocolate in a bain-marie.
Put 1/2 teaspoon of coffee powder, 2 teaspoons of amaretto and 2 egg whites into a bowl and beat until stiff.
Add 200 g of grounded almonds.
Fold in the melted chocolate.
Place small blobs on a baking paper lined baking tray, form the blobs into balls and place one almond on each ball (50 almonds).
Bake for 15 minutes at 150 degrees Celsius.
20th Dec2018

Marzipan Moons

by marie

(40 moons, one baking tray)

 

Knead 200 g of marzipan, 150 g of grounded almonds, 75 g of icing sugar, three tablespoons of starch and six tablespoons of orange liqueur into a dough.
Roll out the dough and cut out moons.
Bake the moons on a baking paper covered baking tray at 175 degrees Celsius for 10 minutes.
12th Dec2018

Vanilla Snow Balls

by marie

(70 blobs, two baking tray)

Scrape vanilla from 3 vanilla pods and whisk until light and fluffy with 250 g of margarine and 100 g of icing sugar.
Add 250 g of starch and 120 g of flour.
Knead the ingredients into a dough.
Form balls (15 g each) and place them on a baking paper lined backing tray.
Bake for 12 minutes at 170 degrees Celsius and cover the freshly baked snow balls with icing sugar.
06th Dec2018

Poppy Hearts

by marie

(70 hearts, two baking trays)

 

Mix 250g of flour, 100g of sugar, 6 tablespoons of poppy seeds, one pinch of baking powder and one pinch of salt in a bowl.
Add 125g of margarine and 1 egg.
Knead the ingredients into a dough.
Roll out the dough on a floured work surface and cut out hearts.
Put the hearts on a baking tray covered with baking paper. Cut out smaller hearts from every third row.
Bake the hearts at 160 degrees Celsius for 15 minutes.
Brush the big hearts with jam (half a glass of your favourite jam) and put a cut-out or a small heart on each.