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Sugar-reduced Cinnamon Star Cookies

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hands-on time: 90 mins
time in total: 1 hr 30 mins
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difficulty: Intermediate
cooking temp: 140  C
calories: 2518
best season: winter
Description

The best christmas spices in a cookie: Cinnamon Star Cookies! For this sugar-reduced variation we replace most of the sugar by dates. Besides, Cinnamon Star Cookies are also made of ground nuts and without any flour, so they are glutenfree. If you have some leftover egg whites from baking other Christmas cookies, you can make this recipes to use them up. Try them for yourself and get in the festive mood!

For the dough:
  • 15 dates (or 10 Medjoul dates)
  • 300 g ground nuts (e.g. almonds or hazelnuts)
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract (or 1 packet of vanilla sugar)
  • 2 drops of rum flavoring
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 0,25 tsp ground cloves
  • 1 pinch cardamom
  • 1 pinch nutmeg
  • 1 pinch ginger (instead of adding every spice individually, you can also use 0.25 tsp of pumpkin spice blend for the cloves, cardamom, nutmeg and ginger))
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 2 egg whites
    • For the glaze:
  • 50 g powdered sugar (or for a sugar-free variation: powdered erythritol)
  • 0,5 egg whites
Instructions:
  1. 1
    Add the dates to a food processor or blender and grind them finely.
  2. 2

    Then also add all of the remaining ingredients for the cookie dough and mix it shortly on the lowest setting to distribute everything evenly. Don't overmix, the dough shouldn't become nut butter!

  3. 3
    Then make the glaze: beat the egg white until stiff, then add it to the powdered sugar and stir.
  4. 4
    Now roll out the cookie dough on a floured working surface. If you want to keep this recipe glutenfree, you can use some more powdered sugar instead of flour. Be careful: the dough is on the stickier side. It might be easier to work with, if you use a sheet of parchment paper in between of the dough and rolling pin. Alternatively, you can lighty flour your rolllin pin again every now and then. The rolled out dough should be even and about 0.3 inches in thickness.
  5. 5
    Next cut out the cinnamon star cookies using a 1.8 inch star-shaped cookie cutter and spread them on a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
  6. 6
    Preheat the over at 285 °F (140 °C), top and bottom heat.
  7. 7
    The cinnamon star cookies are only missing their glaze. Add a dollop of glaze in the middle of every cookie and spread the glaze using a toothpick.
  8. 8
    Bake the cinnamon star cookies at 285 °F (140 °C) on the lowest rack of your oven for about 15 - 20 minutes. Take care that the glaze of your cinnamon star cookies doesn't get too much color.
  9. 9

    Let the cookies cool down completely before storing in an airtight container.

Nutritional Information

Amount Per Serving
Calories 210kcal
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 14.17g22%
Potassium 81.62mg3%
Total Carbohydrate 12.59g5%
Dietary Fiber 2.23g9%
Sugars 11.56g
protein 6.38g13%

** The daily percentages are based on a 2000 kcal diet. Your daily figures might be higher or lower according to your caloric need.

tags: Christmas, cookies, Christmas cookies, cinnamon, cinnamon star cookies, German, German Christmas cookies, sugar reduced, reduced in sugar, less sugar, glaze, gluten-free, gutzli, Christmas rolls, Xmas
Read it online: https://brutzel-brat-und-knusper.eu/en/recipe/zuckerreduzierte-zimtsterne/

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