Walnut balls

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 80 g sugar
• 20 g vanilla sugar
• 200 g butter
• 1 egg(s)
• 300 g flour
• 1 pinch of salt
• 100 g walnuts
• 100 g marzipan
• 100 g currant jelly
• 1 tsp, leveled clove powder
• 50 walnut halves
• 100 g dark chocolate coating

Instructions

Working time approx. 1 hour 30 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 15 minutes; Total time approx. 1 hour 45 minutes

Make a shortcrust pastry from the dough ingredients. Chill for at least one hour. Then form the dough into approximately 50 small balls, each weighing approximately 12 g. For the filling, roast the walnuts in a pan without fat. Chop the cooled walnuts. Cut the marzipan into small cubes. Carefully mix the walnuts, marzipan, clove powder, and blackcurrant jelly together. Flatten each shortcrust pastry ball, add a teaspoonful of the filling, and form into a ball again. Place a walnut half on top of the ball, applying light pressure. Repeat with the remaining dough balls. Place the balls on baking paper and bake at 160°C (fan oven) for approximately 15 minutes, until lightly browned. Melt the chocolate coating and decorate the cookies with it.