Cinnamon Stars

Ingredients:

3 egg whites

1 pinch of salt

250gr powder sugar

1,5 tbsp cinnamon

350 gr ground almonds

0.5 tbsp Kirsch (Swiss cherry schnapps)

Preparation:

Beat the egg whites with the salt until stiff. 

Mix in the powder sugar.

Put aside and cover about 1dl of the above mixture for icing later.

Mix cinnamon and ground almonds, add Kirsch and combine with the remaining egg whites/sugar mixture until you obtain a dough-like texture.

Roll out the dough on a plastic bag or on a sugar-covered base. The thickness of the dough should be about 1cm.

Cut out the stars carefully with a cookie cutter which you dip into sugar before every use.

Lay out the cookies on an oven tray covered with baking paper.  

Glazing / drying:  Dip a little glaze onto the middle of each star, pull the icing towards the star tips with a wooden toothpick.

Let the cookies dry at room temperature for about 6 hours or overnight.

Bake: approx. 5 min. in the middle of a preheated oven at 250°C. 

Take out and let cool on a cookie rack.