LEBKUCHEN
Posted by Anna Kosa
This kind of cookie is better to serve on the next day; this way it gets nice and soft!
INGREDIENTS
PROCEDURE
3 eggs
200 gr sugar
55 gr flour
2 tsp cocoa powder
175 gr almond flour
Zest of 4 oranges
1 tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp ground cardamom
¼ tsp ground cloves
¼ tsp ground nutmeg
Apricot jam
Dark chocolate pâte à glacer
Whip the eggs and the sugar until pale and fluffy.
Mix dry ingredients together in a bowl.
Fold mixed dry ingredients into the egg foam.
With a pastry bag, pipe 1” size rounds onto a papered sheet tray 1” apart. Bake at 325F 5-10 minutes.
Sandwich cookies with apricot jam. Set it in fridge.
Melt chocolate on water bath; if it looks too thick, add a little vegetable oil.
Dip cookie sandwiches in dark chocolate glaze.
Set chocolate glazed cookies in fridge.
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