There are never enough great recipes for Christmas cookies,
add this one to your favorites.
Excellent almond dough and delicious cream flavored with almond rum
or amaretto is an exceptional combination.
You will surely enjoy it.
Ingredients:
200 g (1 ½ cup) all-purpose flour
100 g (1/2 cup) butter
60 g (¾ cup) almond flour
50 g (¼ cup) confectioners’ sugar
2 egg yolks (or 1 large egg)
Filling:
250 ml (1 cup) milk
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
200 g (1 cup) softened butter
200 g (2 cups) powdered sugar
1 egg yolk
almond rum or amaretto (optional)
or
1 1/2 cups of swiss meringue cream
Shot of amaretto
You will also need:
warmed chocolate, decoration, sliced almonds
Direction:
Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C).
Sift the flour and sugar.
Pour all the ingredients into a stand mixer and make a smooth dough.
Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and put it in the fridge for at least 2 hours.
It‘s best to let the dough rest in the fridge overnight.
Cut pieces from the dough, place them in molds and press them down evenly.
Place on a baking sheet and bake until golden.
Remove from the oven and turn out of the molds.
Leave to cool.
Cream:
Boil the milk and flour for the cream, stirring constantly.
When the mixture has cooled a little, whisk in the egg yolk.
Beat the butter and sugar until smooth and cream.
Than beat in the cooled milk-flour mixture spoon by spoon.
Flavour the cream with almond liqueur or amaretto.
Just before serving, fill the cookies with a pastry bag.
Finally, decorate by dipping in warmed chocolate,
which has cooled to a temperature of approx. 30°C.
Decorate according to your imagination.
This cream is very tasty, but has a short shelf life due to the milk-flour mixture.
If you want to fill the cookies sooner to last you through the holidays, use meringue buttercream flavored with almond butter and amaretto or almond rum.
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