Zimtsterne
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- Total Time
- 1hr 30mins
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- Serves
- 10
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- Calories
- 271
Zimtsterne, or German cinnamon stars, are a light, gluten free biscuit and usually sold at the German Christmas markets. They're chewy, crisp, and like an almond macaroon which you can make easily at home.
recipe updated Dec 30, 2023
Ingredients
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- Egg white
- 4
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- Icing sugar
- 290 g
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- Ground almonds
- 250 g
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- Ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons
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- Icing sugar
- as needed
Tools
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Oven
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Parchment paper
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Rolling pin
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Cooking Chef XL
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Baking tray - large
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Cooking chef xl bowl
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Medium bowl
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Work surface
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Step preview
- Line a clean baking tray with parchment paper
- Attach the Whisk
- Add egg white to the Cooking Chef XL Bowl
- Lift the Cooking Chef head and fit the heat shield
- Mix with splashguard fitted - 1 min, Speed Max
- Then add icing sugar to the Cooking Chef XL Bowl
- Mix with splashguard fitted - 3 min, Speed 4
- Transfer half of meringue to medium bowl and then set aside
- Add icing sugar, ground almonds and ground cinnamon to the Cooking Chef XL Bowl
- Attach the K-Beater
- Mix with splashguard fitted until dough forms - 2 min, Speed Min
- Line a clean work surface with parchment paper
- Place dough on work surface
- Cover with parchment paper
- Roll out until 1 cm thick
- Chill in fridge - 30 min
- Pre-heat oven - 100°C
- Dust a clean work surface with icing sugar
- Remove the dough from the fridge and peel off the parchment paper
- Place dough on work surface
- Use a star shaped cookie cutter to cut out star shapes
- Re-roll the leftover dough and repeat until all the dough has been used
- Spread the thin layer of meringue from the medium bowl onto each star biscuit
- Place biscuits on baking tray
- Bake - 40 min, 100°C
- Remove from oven and let cool
- Serve