Walnut Shortbread Cookies

Ingredients

• 100 g walnut kernels
• 180 g wheat flour type 550
• 100 g sugar
• 150 g butter
• 2 tbsp Amaretto
• 100 g walnut kernels
• powdered sugar (for dusting)

Instructions

1. 1.

   Grind the walnuts. Mix flour, sugar and walnuts in a bowl. Add butter pieces and amaretto. Scrape everything with a knife until dry crumbs form, then knead into a smooth dough.

2. 2.

   Shape the dough into walnut-sized balls (about 15 g each) and place them on baking trays lined with parchment paper, leaving some space between them. Place a walnut half on each dough ball and press lightly. Bake in a preheated oven at 175 °C (gas: level 2‑3, fan: 160 °C) for about 15 minutes. Dust cookies with powdered sugar.