In the Christmas bakery: cinnamon stars

The first snow is falling softly outside, Christmas carols are playing in the house and the smell of home-baked cookies fills the air. That's how we love the run-up to Christmas! Here in the Montafon, the industrious Christmas bakers have already started their work and are conjuring up delicious delicacies that will make the mouths of young and old alike water. We would now like to share one of our favorite recipes with you so that you too can fill your home with the delicious scent of cinnamon stars. We recommend you try two different versions - the classic and cinnamon stars with cinnamon icing.

Ingredients:

- 3 fresh egg whites (approx. 100 g)
- 1 pinch of salt
- 250 g powdered sugar
- 1.5 tablespoons cinnamon
- 1.5 tablespoons kirsch or lemon juice
- 350 g ground almonds

Preparation:

Beat three fresh egg whites until stiff, add a pinch of salt and mix in the powdered sugar. Set aside 1 dl of the egg white mixture for later. Now take the cinnamon, cherry/lemon juice and almonds and mix them into the egg white mixture. Roll out the dough to a 7 mm thick layer, cut out the cookies using a star-shaped cutter and place them on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Now glaze the cinnamon stars with the remaining egg white mixture and leave the cinnamon stars to dry at room temperature for approx. 5 - 6 hours or overnight. Then preheat the oven to 250° and bake the cinnamon stars for 3 - 5 minutes.

Cinnamon icing

Beat three egg whites until stiff and add 250 g powdered sugar. Mix in cinnamon to taste. After baking, brush the cinnamon stars with the cinnamon icing.