Sweet crispy angels

AUTHOR
Shirley Vincent
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3 3
COOK TIME
90 mins
TOTAL TIME
90 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 30
  • 250 g Butter
  • 375 g Flour
  • 125 g Sugar
  • 2 Eggs (size M)
  • 1 coated Tsp ground ginger
  • 7-10 Tbsp grated rind of 1 untreated lemon
  • 5 TABLESPOONS Whipped cream
  • 250 g Icing sugar
  • 2-3 TABLESPOONS Lemon juice
  • 7-10 Tbsp a few drops of red food colouring
  • 7-10 Tbsp Silver beads and pink sugar
  • 7-10 Tbsp Icing sugar
  • 7-10 Tbsp Flour
  • 7-10 Tbsp Cling film
  • baking paper
  • 1 Disposable piping bag

Directions

  1. 1

    Knead butter in flakes, flour, sugar, 1 egg, ginger and lemon peel to a smooth dough. Wrap in foil and chill for about 30 minutes. Then roll out thinly on a lightly floured work surface. Cut out angels (approx. 9.5 cm high) and place them on 2 baking trays lined with baking paper. Bake the trays one after the other in a preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: level 2) for 8-10 minutes. Separate 1 egg. Whisk egg yolk and cream.

  2. 2

    Spread the biscuits while still hot, then let them cool down. Beat the egg white until stiff for decoration. Sprinkle with icing sugar. Mix with lemon juice and colour pink with food colouring. Pour into a piping bag and cut off a small tip. Decorate angel with icing, silver beads and pink sugar. Let it dry completely and dust with icing sugar

  3. 3

    waiting time approx. 2 1/4 hours

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
160 kcal
CARBS
21 g
FATS
8 g
PROTEINS
2 g

Categories & Tags

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