Orange Moons

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 100 g marzipan paste
• 125 g butter, soft
• 100 g powdered sugar
• 1 packet of vanilla sugar
• 1 egg(s)
• 1 tsp orange peel, grated from an untreated orange
• 150 g flour
• 100 g cornstarch
• 4 tbsp marmalade (orange)
• 100 g powdered sugar
• 2 tbsp orange liqueur or orange juice

Instructions

Working time approx. 1 hour; Cooking/baking time approx. 1 day 6 hours; Total time approx. 1 day 7 hours

a bit time-consuming, but worth it

Cut the marzipan into pieces, place in a mixing bowl with the butter, powdered sugar, vanilla sugar, egg, and orange zest, and mix using the whisk attachment on a hand mixer. Combine the flour and cornstarch, sift half over the foam and fold in. Sift in the other half and knead in. Cover the dough and chill for 1 hour. Line a baking tray with baking paper. Dust the work surface with flour. Knead the dough and roll out to a thickness of 3 mm. Cut out moons or other shapes and place them on the tray 1 cm apart. Chill for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 180°C. Bake the cookies in the center of the oven for 8 minutes until golden brown. Place on a wire rack to cool. Glue two cookies together on the underside with orange marmalade. Stack the moons on the wire rack. For the glaze, mix the powdered sugar with the orange liqueur until smooth, pour it into a small clear plastic bag, and cut off a tiny corner. Use the glaze to draw lines across the moons and let them dry for 1 hour. I prefer white chocolate for the glaze.