Spritzgebäck Basic Recipe

Ingredients

• 175 g softened butter
• 75 g powdered sugar (from cane sugar)
• 0.25 tsp Salt
• 1 vanilla bean (pulp)
• 1 Egg white
• 150 g spelt flour
• 50 g ground hazelnuts
• 25 g cornstarch
• 150 g dark chocolate (60% cocoa)

Instructions

1. 1.

   Preheat the oven to 180°C (fan 160°C; gas: level 2-3). Cream the butter with powdered sugar, salt, and vanilla pulp, then add the egg white. Whisk until frothy. Combine spelt flour, hazelnuts, and cornstarch in a bowl. Add this dry mix to the butter mixture and stir until incorporated.

2. 2.

   Fill a piping bag fitted with a star tip with dough and pipe 4 cm long sticks onto parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake in the preheated oven for 12-15 minutes until golden yellow. Remove from oven and let cool.

3. 3.

   For decoration, roughly chop the chocolate and melt it over a double boiler. Dip each stick halfway into the melted chocolate. Place on a cooling rack to set.