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Orange or lemon snowflakes

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Ingredients for 1 servings:

  • 200 g candied orange or lemon peel
  • 80 g candied ginger
  • 100 g powdered sugar
  • 350 g flour
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 250 g butter
  • 1 orange(s) or lemon, untreated
  • some butter, for spreading
  • some sugar, for sprinkling

Instructions

Working time approx. 1 hour; Rest time approx. 1 hour; Cooking/baking time approx. 12 minutes; Total time approx. 2 hours 12 minutes

for approx. 60 cookies

Finely chop the candied orange or lemon peel and ginger together in a food processor. Mix with the powdered sugar, flour, and salt. Cut the butter into small pieces and knead in. Grate the orange or lemon zest and knead in. Chill the dough for about 1 hour. Preheat the oven to 175 degrees Celsius (350 degrees Fahrenheit). Roll out the dough and cut out snowflakes. Bake the snowflakes for about 12 minutes and let them cool completely. Slowly melt some butter and brush it over the cookies. Sprinkle with sugar.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 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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