Marni’s hybrid Polish German Christmas biscuits

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 10:37:14 GMT

Step 1

• Heat the butter in a large saucepan until browned and frothy

Step 2

• Add the honey and sugar and stir until frothy and let it caramelise a little. Set aside to let it cool for a few hours.

Step 3

• In a big bowl, mix all of the dry ingredients well with a whisk.

Step 4

• Add the eggs, rum and cooled honey mixture and incorporate

Step 5

• Cover the bowl and store in a cool place at room temp for 24h. If you would like to leave it longer to develop flavours before baking, you can place it in the fridge for up to 2 weeks

Step 6

• Halve the dough and knead each piece for 1-2 minutes until smooth

Step 7

• Press the dough down into a rectangle and roll out between two nonstick sheets to 1cm thickness and leave to cool, covered in the fridge for 8h or overnight

Step 8

• Heat oven to 180°C

Step 9

• Use cookie cutters to cut the cooled dough into as many shapes as you can fit alongside each other

Step 10

• Peel all unused dough away from around the cut biscuits and then carefully lift and place each biscuit onto a baking tray lined with another nonstick sheet with 3cm between each piece ready for baking.

Step 11

• You can place the baking tray in the fridge to cool the dough for 20 minutes and retain its shape a little more while baking, but this step isn’t essential

Step 12

• Bake each tray for ~10 minutes until golden, rotating the tray if you need to even them out. Be careful when baking – the window between underdone and burnt is about 1 minute and total baking time varies based on the size and thickness of your dough and the power of your oven.

Step 13

• Biscuits baked longer/darker will be harder but will soften over time once stored.

Step 14

• Remove from the oven and let biscuits cool on the tray for 2 minutes before carefully moving onto a cooling rack to cool completely before storing. If you need to layer the biscuits make sure to line some baking paper between the layers so they don’t stick together

Step 15

• Repeat baking with remaining dough, and once cooled biscuits can be decorated with royal icing etc

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