The popular German Christmas Cookies “Spitzbuben” are a melt in your mouth butter cookie with a tart jam in the middle. We add ground nut to the cookie dough for a rich taste . You can use apple , grape or currant jam to fill cookies . Do not forget to sprinkle cookies with powdered sugar as it is a important part of cookies .
preparation time ; 30 minutes
300 g wheat flour
160 g sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 pinch of salt
200 g soft butter or margarine
100 g ground almonds
2 tbsp milk
Also:
about 25 g powdered sugar
about 150 g currant / apple or grape jam .
Put the flour with the remaining ingredients in a mixing bowl. Knead everything with a mixer (dough hook) first at the lowest, then at the highest level to a smooth dough or knead with hands.
Roll out the dough thinly on a lightly floured work surface. Cut round shapes from the dough using a round cookie cutter .If you like cut shapes in the middle of the cookie like in the photo .But you should do it only for only half of cookies .
Bake for about 10 minutes in the oven .
Place the cookies with the baking paper on a wire rack and let them cool.
Sprinkle the cookies cut with the holes with icing sugar.
Mix the jam well, possibly pass through a sieve and brush the cookies with no shapes holes . Place cookies with shaped holes and press on.
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