Cinnamon Cocoa Stars

Ingredients

• 500 g ground almonds
• 5 egg whites
• 450 g powdered sugar
• 2 tsp Cinnamon
• 1 tbsp cocoa powder
• sugar for dusting the work surface

Instructions

1. 1.

   Beat egg whites until stiff, fold in powdered sugar.

2. 2.

   Set aside 1 cup of the meringue mixture for glazing.

3. 3.

   Add almonds, cinnamon and cocoa to the remaining meringue, knead quickly; cover dough and refrigerate about 1 hour.

4. 4.

   Dust a work surface with sugar, roll dough to about 4 mm thick, cut stars of various sizes, coat each with glaze, place on parchment-lined baking sheet and let dry overnight at room temperature.

5. 5.

   Bake the cinnamon stars in a preheated oven at 160 °C for about 8 minutes; they should remain soft inside with a white surface.

6. 6.

   Package the stars as gifts by placing them in a gift box or cookie tin.