The citizens of Germany decorate the indoor as well as the outdoors of their house with lights, crafts and other decorative items at the time of the festival of Christmas . The time from 1st December to Christmas Eve is known as Adventszeit, that is the time of advent.
The most important tradition that is related to the Adventszeit is the baking of cookies.
Families, friends and relatives come together and bake different kinds of cookies. The German Chritmas Cookie Recipes are easy to make cookie recipes.
The types of German Christmas cookies are Springerle, Short Pastry Cookies, and Almond Meringue Cookies. Anise Cookies, Peppermint Meringue cookies and other types of cookies. Given below is the recipe to make Springerle, which is one of the easiest German Christmas Cookie Recipe among the other German Christmas Cookie Recipes.
Springerle
Ingredients:
- 11 ounces of ground almonds
- 3 egg whites
- 1-cup of confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon of grated lemon zest
- 3/4teaspoon of cinnamon
Procedure:
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and lightly flour cookie sheets.
- In a large bowl, whip egg whites until soft peaks form. Gradually sprinkle in the sugar and keep whipping until the egg whites can hold a stiff peak, this will take about 5 minutes. Set aside about 1/2 cup of the egg whites. Add the lemon zest and cinnamon to the rest of the meringue, and fold in the almonds until everything is evenly blended.
- Drop mounds by spoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheets. Top each cookie with a smaller dollop of the reserved meringue.
- Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden brown. Remove cookies from the baking sheets to cool on wire racks.
Learn about the other German Christmas Cookie Recipes from Christmas Carnivals
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