German Cinnamon Star Cookies / Zimtsterne

A German Christmas cookie made from egg whites, sugar, and ground almonds and
flavored with cinnamon. This recipe is naturally gluten free.

Servings: 36 cookies

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Prep Time
40 minutes

Cook Time
15 minutes

Dessert

German

Christmas Christmas cookies German Christmas Cookies German Christmas Stars Weinachten Zimtsterne Rezept

🧂 Ingredients

1 In a large bowl, whisk together the ground almonds, powdered sugar, and
cinnamon.
2 Either by hand or with a mixer, mix in the egg whites and almond liqueur until a
crumbly dough forms.
3 Using your hands, knead the dough until it becomes smooth. Cover and refrigerate
while making the glaze.
4 For the glaze, beat 1 egg white until stiff peaks form. Then beat in the
powdered sugar a little at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl as
needed.
5 Roll out a section of the dough onto a surface lightly dusted with powdered
sugar. Roll out the dough until it is 1 cm or 1/2 inch thick. Using a small 6
pointed star cookie cutter, cut out star shaped cookies.
6 With a pastry brush, brush each star with the glaze and place on a parchment
lined baking sheet. The cookies can be placed pretty close together because they
won’t spread during baking.
7 Bake in a 190C/375F preheated oven for 10-15 minutes. Be careful not to let the
glaze brown. It should remain mostly white with some tinge of golden along the
edges. Place on a rack to cool and enjoy when at room temperature. Guten appetit
and frohe Weihnachten!