Almond Rods

AUTHOR
Pat Ware
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4 4
COOK TIME
45 mins
TOTAL TIME
45 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 1
  • 300 g Flour
  • 125 g Sugar
  • 1 package Vanillin sugar
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • 100 g crushed almonds
  • 2 Egg yolk (size M)
  • 1/4-1/2 Bottle of Bitter Almond Baking Oil
  • 100 g Marzipan raw mass
  • 200 g Butter or margarine
  • 1 Protein (size M)
  • 100 g flaked almonds
  • 3 TABLESPOONS Icing sugar
  • 7-10 Tbsp Flour
  • 7-10 Tbsp Baking Powder

Directions

  1. 1

    Put flour, sugar, vanilla sugar, salt, almonds, egg yolk and bitter almond oil in a mixing bowl. Grate the raw marzipan mixture on a coarse grater. Add cold fat in flakes. Knead everything into a smooth dough. Cover and let it rest in the fridge for about 1 hour. Roll out the dough on a floured work surface to a rectangle of about 40x35 cm. Cut diamonds of approx. 4.5x4.5 cm with a dough wheel.

  2. 2

    Place on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Brush with egg white and sprinkle with almond flakes. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/ gas: level 3) for about 15 minutes. Let cool down on a cake rack. Dust with icing sugar. Results in approx. 45 pieces

  3. 3

    Working time approx. 30 minutes. Baked on a baking tray

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