Orange-Chocolate Sticks

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 150 g butter
• 80 g powdered sugar
• 1 packet of vanilla sugar
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 tbsp orange juice, freshly squeezed
• 1 tbsp orange peel, grated
• 150 g flour
• 1 tbsp cocoa powder
• some jelly, orange
• Cake icing (chocolate icing), for decoration
• e.g. chopped pistachios for decoration

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Total time approx. 30 minutes

Christmas cookies, quick and easy to make

Cream the butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla sugar until fluffy. Then gradually beat in the egg yolks, one at a time. Add the orange juice and orange zest and stir in. Combine the flour and cocoa powder and stir briefly. Fill a piping bag with the batter and pipe small sticks onto a baking sheet lined with baking paper. Bake in the oven at 180 degrees Celsius for about 8-10 minutes. While still hot, sandwich two sticks together with a little orange jelly. Then let cool. Decorate the cooled sticks with chocolate glaze and sprinkle with chopped pistachios, if desired. Makes about 25 sticks.