Chocolate Almond Stars

Name: Chocolate Almond Stars
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 50
Ingredients: 125 g soft butter/; 7-10 Tbsp Margarine; 1 Egg (Gr. M); 75 g Icing sugar; 1 package Vanillin sugar; 250 g flour, 50 g cocoa; 1/2 TEASPOON Baking Powder; 15 Almonds (e.g. without skin); 100 g Whole milk couverture; baking paper

AUTHOR
Antoine Long

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
40 mins

TOTAL TIME
40 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 50

125 g soft butter/
7-10 Tbsp Margarine
1 Egg (Gr. M)
75 g Icing sugar
1 package Vanillin sugar
250 g flour, 50 g cocoa
1/2 TEASPOON Baking Powder
15 Almonds (e.g. without skin)
100 g Whole milk couverture
baking paper

Directions

1
Stir the fat until creamy. First stir in the egg, then the icing sugar and vanillin sugar. Mix flour, cocoa and baking powder, add and knead everything into a smooth dough. Cover and chill for about 30 minutes.
2
Line one or two baking trays with baking paper. Roll out the dough on a little flour to a thickness of about 3 mm. Cut out stars of different sizes (5-8 cm Ø) as desired and place them on the baking tray. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C / gas: level 2) for 8-10 minutes. Let them cool down
3
Halve the almonds. Chop the chocolate coating and melt in a hot water bath. Decorate stars with couverture and one part with half an almond each. Leave to dry