Cinnamon Stars Soft

Ingredients

• 500 g ground almonds
• 5 egg whites
• 450 g powdered sugar made from birch sugar
• 2 tsp Cinnamon
• 1 Organic lemon

Instructions

1. 1.

   Beat egg whites until stiff, fold in powdered sugar.

2. 2.

   Set aside 1 cup of the meringue for glaze. Rinse lemon hot, pat dry, grate zest and squeeze juice. Add almonds, cinnamon, lemon zest and 2 tbsp juice to the meringue, quickly knead and cover dough; refrigerate about 1 hour.

3. 3.

   Roll dough on a work surface to ~4 mm thickness, cut stars of various sizes and coat evenly with glaze. Place on parchment-lined baking sheet.

4. 4.

   Bake cinnamon stars in preheated oven at 160 °C (fan: 140 °C; gas: level 1–2) for about 8 minutes; stars should remain soft inside and keep a white surface.