Walnut Stars

Name: Walnut Stars
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 65
Ingredients: 100 g pickled ginger (glass); 200 g Walnut kernels; 200 g soft butter; 300 g Flour; 1 egg (size M); 1 pinch Salt; 250 g Icing sugar; 8 TABLESPOONS brown rum; 7-10 Tbsp Flour; baking paper

AUTHOR
Reed Chan

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
75 mins

TOTAL TIME
75 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 65

100 g pickled ginger (glass)
200 g Walnut kernels
200 g soft butter
300 g Flour
1 egg (size M)
1 pinch Salt
250 g Icing sugar
8 TABLESPOONS brown rum
7-10 Tbsp Flour
baking paper

Directions

1
Chop the ginger finely. Finely grind 50 g walnuts in the universal chopper. Coarsely dice butter, knead with flour, ginger, egg, walnuts and salt to a smooth dough. Cover and chill for about 30 minutes. Then roll out to a thickness of approx. 3 mm on a lightly floured work surface. Cut out stars (6-7 cm Ø).
2
Place 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 12-15 minutes. Take out and let cool down. Stir icing sugar and rum until smooth. Spread the biscuits with it, cover with walnut halves and let dry
3
Waiting time approx. 1 hour