Cookies with marzipan
Description
Delicious baked goods for the whole family. Marzipan cookies are very easy to make, especially if you already have ready-made marzipan on hand. If you don’t have marzipan, no problem—I’ll tell you how to make it. With this recipe you’ll end up with a little more almond than the recipe calls for. But I’m sure that after you taste these cookies, you’ll want to make them again. Follow the step-by-step recipe and bake with pleasure and for pleasure. From this amount of ingredients you’ll get about 24 pieces. The baking is ready. Serve at the table.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients.
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Step 2
If you don’t have ready-made marzipan, here is a recipe for making it. Pour boiling water over the almonds and leave for 5 minutes, drain the water, then pour boiling water over them again. After that, you can rinse with cold water.
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Step 3
After pouring boiling water over the almonds, they will peel very easily. Spread the almonds on a paper towel and dry them.
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Step 4
Lightly dry the almonds in the oven or in a dry skillet; you do not need to brown them—only a couple of minutes to remove any remaining moisture.
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Step 5
Cool the almonds and grind them in a blender together with 50 grams of powdered sugar.
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Step 6
Pour the sugar into a saucepan, add 50 ml water, bring to a boil, and cook the syrup. While the syrup cooks, do not stir; try to keep sugar from getting on the sides of the saucepan. Cook the syrup to 118–120 degrees or to the soft-ball stage. This will take about 5–7 minutes from when it comes to a boil.
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Step 7
Pour the sugar syrup into the blender in a thin stream and blend until you have a “sticky mass”. If the marzipan mass is not sticky enough, you can add a little water.
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Step 8
Wrap the marzipan in plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator.
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Step 9
Let’s return to making the marzipan cookies. Put the flour, 50 grams of confectioners’ sugar, and salt in the blender; add cold butter cut into cubes and one egg yolk. Pulse until crumbly.
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Step 10
Roll the shortcrust dough into a sheet between two layers of parchment paper. Refrigerate the dough for 2 hours to stabilize.
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Step 11
While the dough stabilizes, prepare the marzipan filling. Take 150 grams of marzipan, pour in 1 egg white, add lemon juice; you may add 4 drops of almond essence to enhance the flavor, and purée everything together.
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Step 12
Divide the dough into 2 parts.
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Step 13
Spread the marzipan filling on a sheet of shortcrust pastry and roll into a roll.
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Step 14
Put the cookie dough in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.
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Step 15
Cut the dough into cookies and place on a baking sheet. Bake at 180 degrees for 15–20 minutes.
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Step 16
And now you can fully appreciate the exquisitely delicate flavor of marzipan cookies. They are incredibly delicious, especially with coffee.