Almond Printen

Ingredients

• 250 g honey
• 75 g butter
• 75 g cane sugar
• 1 tsp potash
• 400 g flour
• 50 g almond kernels (peeled and chopped)
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 0.25 tsp cloves (ground)
• piment (¼ tsp, ground)
• cardamom (¼ tsp, ground)
• baking paper
• 50 g almond flakes
• 100 g peeled almond kernels

Instructions

1. 1.

   Warm honey, butter, and sugar together while stirring until the sugar dissolves; let cool.

2. 2.

   Dissolve the potash in 1 tbsp water, add to the flour, almonds, and spices with the honey mixture and knead. Cover and chill for 1 hour. Sprinkle a work surface with almond flakes. Roll out the dough on it and cut into rectangles (3 x 4 cm).

3. 3.

   Place the printen on a baking sheet lined with paper, almond-flake side down, press an almond onto each; bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for about 18 minutes until golden yellow.