Nikolaus Cookies

Ingredients

• 175 g butter
• 150 g cane sugar
• 2 Eggs
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 0.25 tsp cloves powder
• 0.25 tsp Ginger powder
• 250 g peeled, ground almonds
• 400 g flour
• 300 g powdered sugar
• 1 Egg white
• 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
• red food coloring
• sprinkles
• coconut flakes

Instructions

1. 1.

   Whisk butter with sugar and eggs until fluffy. Fold in spices and almonds. Add flour and knead into a smooth dough. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for about 1 hour.

2. 2.

   Roll out dough on a floured surface and cut 4.5 cm diamonds. Place on parchment-lined baking sheet, slightly bend opposite corners. Bake at 180°C for about 12-15 minutes. Remove and cool.

3. 3.

   For decoration, whisk 200 g powdered sugar with egg white to make red glaze; whisk 100 g powdered sugar with lemon juice and red food coloring for white glaze. Brush each cookie one-third with red glaze, the rest with white glaze. Decorate faces and hats with sprinkles and white glaze, and beards with coconut flakes.