Place the fat, sugar and vanilla sugar in a bowl and beat until creamy with the whisk of the hand mixer. Add honey and stir in. Mix flour, baking powder and the spices, sieve over it and mix with the honey mixture to a smooth dough. Form dough into a ball, wrap in cling film and chill for at least 30 minutes. Roll out the dough to a thickness of 3 mm on a lightly floured work surface and cut out stars in equal parts with two cookie cutters (approx. 5.5 cm and 3.5 cm Ø). Place on a baking tray lined with baking paper and bake in a preheated oven (electric range: 175 °C/ gas: level 2) for 10 minutes.
Remove the cookies from the baking paper and let them cool down. Mix powdered sugar with lemon juice and 2 tablespoons of water until smooth. Spread the icing on the cookies and put them together. Finally decorate with red, yellow and green cherry pieces. Makes about 40 double biscuits
Paper: German Duni