Ingwer‑Plätzchen
These ginger cookies are made with fresh ingredients from the cookie category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 50 g candied ginger
- 200 g Flour
- 1 tbsp finely ground almond kernels
- 100 g powdered sugar
- 150 g butter
- 1 egg
- 80 g apricot jam
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 125 g powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
- candied ginger (for decoration)
Instructions
-
1.
Finely chop the candied ginger. Place flour, almonds and powdered sugar on a work surface. Add butter in small pieces and quickly knead with the egg and ginger into a smooth dough. Wrap in cling film and chill for 20 minutes. Preheat the oven to 175 °C. Line a baking tray with parchment paper. Roll out the dough on a floured surface to a thickness of 3‑4 mm. Cut heart shapes and place them on the tray. Bake in the preheated oven for about 12 minutes.
-
2.
Warm the jam, strain it through a sieve and mix with the ginger powder. Brush two cookies on each side with the jam mixture and assemble.
-
3.
For the glaze, whisk powdered sugar with lemon juice and optionally a little water. Glaze the cooled cookies. Decorate with candied ginger pieces as desired.
