Christmas nut corners

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 130 g butter, soft
• 130 g sugar
• 2 packets of vanilla sugar
• 2 eggs
• 300 g flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 200 g butter
• 200 g sugar
• 2 packets of vanilla sugar
• 1 tbsp, levelled cinnamon powder, ground
• 200 g almond(s), ground
• 200 g almond(s), chopped
• 150 g apricot jam
• ½ cup chocolate glaze

Instructions

Working time approx. 45 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 20 minutes; Total time approx. 1 hour 5 minutes

Sift flour and baking powder onto the worktop. Make a well in the center and mix the eggs, sugar, and vanilla sugar into it. Add the softened butter in small pieces to the mixture. Starting from the outside, knead the flour into the mixed ingredients by hand. Spread the finished dough evenly on the baking sheet by hand or with a rolling pin. If it’s too sticky, let it cool briefly and make sure you use enough flour on your hands and rolling pin. Lightly oiling the baking sheet will help it spread. For the topping, slowly melt the butter in a saucepan. Dissolve the sugar, vanilla sugar, and cinnamon in the warm butter. Then fold in the almonds. Spread the dough thinly with apricot jam. Spread the still-warm almond mixture on top. Smooth the mixture evenly and with a spatula or dough scraper, otherwise the almonds will crumble too much later. Bake in a preheated oven at 200°C for about 20 minutes until nicely browned. While still hot, cut into approximately 7 x 7 cm triangles for confectionery or 10 x 10 cm triangles for real nut corners. Once cooled, cut the pieces again. Optionally, decorate with chocolate icing in strands or coat the corners with chocolate.