ingredients

60 g of almond powder
Some almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts, pears and / or dried apples
200 g flour type 65 (organic)
125 g butter 1/2 very soft salt
2 large egg yolks
90 g of sugar
Brown crystallized sugar

Equipment

1 propeller robot
1 or 2 oven plates
Baking paper
1 rolling pin
Star-shaped cookie cutters

Steps

Step 1

Approx. 1 h 30 before cooking:

mix flour, almond powder and sugar 15 s. Add the butter, mix to obtain a sand. Add the yolks, mix. Pour into a salad bowl, press without kneading to amalgamate into a ball. Place 1 hour in the fridge.

2nd step

Form the stars:

preheat the oven to 180 ° C (item 4) . Cover the plate (s) with baking paper. On a floured surface, spread the dough with a roll of 6 mm thick; it is brittle, but malleable: if it is torn, bring it closer and weld the edges by hand. Cut out stars. Peel with a knife , put on the plates.

Step 3

Finish, cook:

just squeeze in the stars large pieces of dried fruit, powder with brown sugar, bake for 10-15 minutes . When they are blond, let cool, take off.

tips

I replace

the kernel with hazelnut powder or 60 g of nuts sprayed with the robot.

Drink side

Christmas beer.

Brewed in September, it matures until winter. Amber color, dense, creamy mousse, very aromatic nose, fruity, spicy, it is more hopped than its sisters, fleshy; it is tasted from mid-November to the end of December.