Mandel Broetli (almond Biscuits)

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 50
• 4 eggs
• 500 g icing sugar (confectioner's sugar)
• 2 tablespoons kirsch
• 1/2 teaspoon almond essence
• 1 pinch salt
• 550 g plain flour
• 100 g ground almonds

Recipe

• 1 cream eggs and sugar.
• 2 add kirsch, almond essence, and salt.
• 3 add flour ground almonds and knead to a dough. (you may need a little extra flour).
• 4 roll out the dough to 1cm thick on a floured surface.
• 5 using cookie cutters, cut out shapes, make decorations on them using shortbread moulds (or use anisbrötli mödeli if you have them!).
• 6 place on baking paper on an oven tray.
• 7 bake at 160 degrees celcius for 20 minutes. the biscuits should not brown but stay light in colour.