Plätzchen - Christmas cookies

Name: Plätzchen - Christmas cookies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 22 min
Cuisine: European, German
Ingredients: 250 gram butter; 200 grams sugar; 2 eggs; 1-2 tsp salt; 2 tsp baking powder; 160 grams ground almonds; 500 grams flour; 100 grams powder sugar

3 steps

Prep:10minCook:12min

These German Christmas cookies are very easy to make you can do any different shapes and decorate them as you like . So tasty you’ve got to try this

Updated at: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:04:01 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

High

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories583.2 kcal (29%)

Total Fat29.6 g (42%)

Carbs71.9 g (28%)

Sugars30.6 g (34%)

Protein9.9 g (20%)

Sodium346.9 mg (17%)

Fiber3.4 g (12%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

10 servings

250 grambutter

200 gramssugar

2eggs

1 tspsalt

2 tspbaking powder

160 gramsground almonds

500 gramsflour

100 gramspowder sugar

Instructions

Step 1

Cream butter in a bowl with a spatula to soften it then add sugar and eggs and mix to combine then sift in the flour salt and baking powder and mix everything well

butter250 gram

sugar200 grams

eggs2

salt1 tsp

baking powder2 tsp

flour500 grams

Step 2

Add in the ground almonds then make a dough and roll it between plastic wrap into a square . Refrigerate for 40 minutes

ground almonds160 grams

Step 3

Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface then use cookie cutters to cut out the shapes you want . Bake at 180 c or 360 f for 10-12 minutes or until golden then dust with powder sugar or decorate anyway you like . Enjoy

powder sugar100 grams