Filled orange cookies

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 100 g butter, soft
• 100 g powdered sugar
• 1 packet of vanilla sugar
• 1 tsp orange peel, grated untreated
• 2 egg yolks
• 200 g flour
• ½ tsp baking powder
• 50 g ground almonds
• 4 tbsp double cream
• Fat, for the trays
• 2 egg yolks, for brushing
• 2 tbsp almonds, chopped
• 3 tbsp marmalade, orange

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Rest time approx. 1 hour; Total time approx. 1 hour 30 minutes

Cream the butter with the icing sugar and vanilla sugar until fluffy. Knead in the orange zest, egg yolk, flour, baking powder, almonds and double cream. Wrap the dough in cling film and chill for 1 hour. Roll out to a thickness of 3 mm and cut out 4 cm diameter discs. Cut out small stars from the center of half of the discs. Brush all the discs with egg yolk and sprinkle the star-shaped discs with the chopped almonds. Bake on greased baking sheets in a preheated oven at 200 °C (gas mark 3) on the top rack for 8-10 minutes. Then arrange the discs together with the jam.