Roast the hazelnuts in a pan without fat, take them out. Finely dice 150 g apricots. Knead flour, sugar, baking powder, vanillin sugar, gingerbread spice, quark, milk and oil with the dough hooks of the hand mixer to a smooth dough. Knead apricot cubes, hazelnuts and lemon peel into the dough. Line the hollows of a muffin tin (12 hollows) with white paper cups. Spread the dough into the muffin cups. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: level 2) for approx. 25 minutes
Meanwhile cut 6 apricots horizontally and cut out large and small stars with cutters. Melt butter
Take the muffins out of the oven. Immediately brush them several times with the butter, dust with 1 tablespoon icing sugar and let them cool down. Place the muffins in brown paper baking cups, dust with 1 tablespoon icing sugar again. Decorate with apricot stars
waiting time approx. 1 1/4 hours