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Christmas Cookies: Googly Eyes with Brittle

5 from 3 votes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Dinner
Cuisine European
Servings 1 people
Calories 514 kcal

Ingredients
 

for the dough:

  • 250 g Flour, preferably type 630 spelled
  • 1 tsp Baking powder
  • 85 g Sugar
  • 1 packet Rum vanilla sugar, alternatively normal vanilla sugar
  • 3 Pc. Egg yolk
  • 125 g Butter or margarine

Also:

  • 2 Pc. Egg Whites
  • 70 g Hazelnut brittle
  • 7 tbsp Red jelly or jam

Instructions
 

  • For the dough, mix the flour and baking powder in a bowl. Add the remaining dough ingredients and quickly work everything into a smooth dough using the dough hook of the hand mixer on the highest setting.
  • Knead the dough again with lightly floured hands on a floured work surface and then shape into 3 long rolls. Wrap in cling film and place on a board. Chill for about 1 hour or overnight.
  • Cut approx. 1.5 cm thick slices from the dough and shape into balls with your hands. Use a stick or your finger to make indentations in the center. Keep dipping the handle in flour to prevent it from sticking.
  • Whisk the egg white and brush the cookies with it or dip the top of the cookies in them. Then press into the brittle. Place on a baking tray lined with baking paper and pour the smoothly stirred jelly into the hollows with a teaspoon.
  • Bake in the preheated oven on the middle rack at 180 degrees top / bottom heat (or convection 160 degrees) for about 13 - 15 minutes until golden yellow. Then pull the baking paper from the baking sheet onto a wire rack to cool down.
  • Instead of brittle, you can of course also use chopped nuts.

Nutrition

Serving: 100gCalories: 514kcalCarbohydrates: 56.6gProtein: 6.6gFat: 29.2g
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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 25 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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