Spitzbuben

Ingredients

• 200 g Flour
• 125 g unpeeled ground almonds
• 125 g sugar
• 0.5 tsp cinnamon
• 0.25 orange (unprocessed)
• 1 pinch ground cloves
• 150 g butter
• 1 egg
• 1 tbsp rum (optional)
• flour for dusting
• 150 g currant jam
• powdered sugar

Instructions

1. 1.

   Mix the flour with the almonds, sugar, cinnamon, grated orange zest and cloves to make the dough. Beat in the butter using a pastry cutter. Add the egg and knead quickly into a smooth dough. If the dough is very crumbly, add the rum. Wrap the dough in cling film and chill for about 30 minutes.

2. 2.

   Preheat the oven to 180°C (356°F). Line one or two baking sheets with parchment paper.

3. 3.

   Roll out the dough to a thickness of about 1 cm using a knife. Cut round cookies and from half of them cut small heart shapes in the center. Place the cookies on the sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes until golden brown, then cool on a wire rack.

4. 4.

   Warm the jam, brush all the cookies with it on the underside and place a heart-shaped cookie on top of each one.

5. 5.

   When all cookies are filled, dust them with powdered sugar and let them dry at room temperature.