Snowflake Cookies

Name: Snowflake Cookies
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 80 cookies, 16 serving(s)
Ingredients: 250 g flour; 150 g margarine; 250 g sugar; 2 eggs; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 200 g ground hazelnuts; 100 g margarine; 50 g flour

Submitted by CherryT

"This a german recipe. It was my great grandmothers recipe. It brings back memories of going to her house and eating them at christmas."

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Ready In:: 40mins
Ingredients:: 8
Yields:: 80 cookies
Serves:: 16

ingredients

250 g flour
150 g margarine
250 g sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon cinnamon
200 g ground hazelnuts
100 g margarine
50 g flour

directions

Preheat oven to 200°C.
To make the dough: Mix 150g margarine, sugar, eggs, cinnamon, nuts, and 250g flour until you have a smooth dough. Wrap dough into foil and put in the fridge for 30 minutes.
To make the topping: Mix 100g margarine and 50g flour with 2-3 tsp of water until you have a thick enough dough to spray. Put into a freezer or zipplock bag.
Roll out the cookie dough 1-2 cm thick. Cut out circles or snowflake shapes and place on backing paper covered cookie sheet.
Cut a little tip off one of the bottom corners of the freezer bag and spray/dot snowflake designs on the cookies.
Bake cookies aprox. 10 minutes or until golden brown.

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CherryT

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i am married to the most wonderful man in the world and am mother two sweet daughters. I love to cook and bake. My husbands loves a good home cooked meal and becomes like a little boy when i make him cookies or a nice cake. I normally cook quite mixed between Asian, Italian, German and my own creations.

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