Desserts

Zimtsterne Recipe

Name: Zimtsterne (Cinnamon Star Cookies)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 72
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons margarine; 1 1 cups ⁄2sugar; 2 eggs; 1 egg (seperated); 1 teaspoon lemon juice; 2 1 cups ⁄3flour; 2 1 teaspoons ⁄2baking powder; 1 1 teaspoons ⁄4cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ⁄4salt; 1 teaspoon ⁄4nutmeg; 1 cup ⁄2walnuts (finely chopped (optional))

11 months ago

May 17, 2023

Gospell

Zimtsterne (Cinnamon Star Cookies)

Prep Time

30 minutes

Cook Time

30 minutes

Servings

MetricUS Imperial

Ingredients

3 tablespoons margarine
1 1 cups ⁄2sugar
2 eggs
1 egg seperated
1 teaspoon Lemon juice
2 1 cups ⁄3flour
2 1 teaspoons ⁄2baking powder
1 1 teaspoons ⁄4cinnamon
1 teaspoon ⁄4salt
1 teaspoon ⁄4nutmeg
1 cup ⁄2walnuts finely chopped (optional)

Prep Time

30 minutes

Cook Time

30 minutes

Servings

MetricUS Imperial

Ingredients

3 tablespoons margarine
1 1 cups ⁄2sugar
2 eggs
1 egg seperated
1 teaspoon Lemon juice
2 1 cups ⁄3flour
2 1 teaspoons ⁄2baking powder
1 1 teaspoons ⁄4cinnamon
1 teaspoon ⁄4salt
1 teaspoon ⁄4nutmeg
1 cup ⁄2walnuts finely chopped (optional)

Instructions

Mix butter, sugar, 2 whole eggs, 1 egg yolk, and lemon juice until fluffy.
Stir dry ingredients together; blend into sugar mixture; stir in optional nuts.
Divide dough into 3 pieces, and roll 1 piece at a time to 1/16 inch thick on lightly floured board; cut with a star cookie cutter.
Brush the tops of the cookies with the remaining egg white, beaten until frothy.
Bake cookies on a lighty greased baking sheet 6-8 minutes until golden brown at 375°F.
Makes 6-9 dozen cookies depending on the size of your cookie cutter.