My Page
My Cookbooks
  • Main Cookbook
    Premium Members can have more than one cookbook in this list. They can keep private cookbooks just for organizing their recipes, or share them publicly with friends or the world. Learn more
My Account

Snowflake Cookies

Recipe #296317 | 40 min | 30 min prep | SERVES 16 , 80 cookies (Change Servings)

RECIPE BY: CherryT

This a german recipe. It was my great grandmothers recipe. It brings back memories of going to her house and eating them at christmas.

Posted on: Apr 3, 2008

Ingredients

  • 250 g flour
  • 150 g margarine
  • 250 g sugar
  • 2 egg
  • teaspoon cinnamon
  • 200 g ground hazelnuts
  • 100 g margarine
  • 50 g flour
  • Directions

    1. 1
      Preheat oven to 200°C.
    2. 2
      To make the dough: Mix 150g margarine, sugar, eggs, cinnamon, nuts, and 250g flour until you have a smooth dough. Wrap dough into foil and put in the fridge for 30 minutes.
    3. 3
      To make the topping: Mix 100g margarine and 50g flour with 2-3 tsp of water until you have a thick enough dough to spray. Put into a freezer or zipplock bag.
    4. 4
      Roll out the cookie dough 1-2 cm thick. Cut out circles or snowflake shapes and place on backing paper covered cookie sheet.
    5. 5
      Cut a little tip off one of the bottom corners of the freezer bag and spray/dot snowflake designs on the cookies.
    6. 6
      Bake cookies aprox. 10 minutes or until golden brown.

    Questions about this recipe?

    Spot an error in this recipe?

    Read all 0 reviews
    Nutrition Facts

    Serving Size 1 (53g)

    Recipe makes 16 servings

    Calories 269
    Calories from Fat 188 (70%)
    Amount Per Serving %DV
    Total Fat 21.0g 32%
    Saturated Fat 3.0g 14%
    Monounsaturated Fat 12.0g
    Polyunsaturated Fat 4.9g
    Trans Fat 0.0g
    Cholesterol 26mg 8%
    Sodium 156mg 6%
    Potassium 120mg 3%
    Total Carbohydrate 16.9g 5%
    Dietary Fiber 1.8g 7%
    Sugars 0.9g
    Protein 4.7g 9%
    Vitamin A 591mcg 11%
    Vitamin B6 0.1mg 4%
    Vitamin B12 0.1mcg 1%
    Vitamin C 0mg 1%
    Vitamin E 4mcg 14%
    Calcium 26mg 2%
    Iron 1mg 9%

    detailed view...

    how is this calculated?

    Sister Sites: Food Network | HGTV | HGTVPro | DIY | Fine Living | Great American Country | FrontDoor.com Real Estate | Ecologue

    Comparison Shop for Kitchen Appliances & Utensils at Shopzilla & BizRate

    UpMyStreet and uSwitch.com provide UK comparison services for Energy, Home Phone, Broadband, Credit Cards, Loans, Mobile Phones and Car Insurance

    © 2007 Scripps Networks, Inc. All rights reserved