Mulled Wine Cookies

Ingredients

• 400 g spelt flour (type 1050)
• 1 packet baking powder
• 150 g coconut sugar
• 0.5 Vanilla bean
• Pinch of salt
• 250 g butter
• 2 egg whites
• 150 g ground hazelnuts
• 120 ml alcohol‑free red wine
• 0.33 tsp agar‑agar
• 60 g Honey (4 tbsp)
• 1 sachet mulled wine spice mix
• 0.5 cinnamon stick

Instructions

1. 1.

   Scrape the vanilla bean pulp. Knead flour, baking powder, coconut sugar, vanilla pulp, salt, butter pieces, egg whites and ground hazelnuts into a ball, wrap it and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

2. 2.

   Bring alcohol‑free red wine with mulled wine spice mix, cinnamon stick, honey and agar‑agar to a boil and simmer for about 4 minutes. Perform a gel test and let cool; then remove the spices.

3. 3.

   Roll out the dough on a floured surface to about 0.4 cm thickness and cut star‑shaped cookies of various sizes with a star cutter. Cut additional stars from some cookies in the center. Place the stars on parchment paper lined baking sheet and bake at 180 °C (160 °C fan, gas 2–3) for about 12 minutes until lightly golden brown. Remove and let cool slightly. Spread mulled wine jelly on half of the cookies, place a different star on each, press gently. Dust with powdered sugar if desired.