Zimtsterne (German Cinnamon Star Cookies)
Zimtsterne are German cinnamon cookies often eaten for the advent season.
Ingredients
- 4 egg whites
- 300 g powdered sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 350 g ground almonds or hazelnuts
- A little grated lemon zest
Ingredients for 10 servings (790 g) · the original recipe
Method
- 1
Whip the egg whites until creamy.
- 2
Sift in powdered sugar, and mix into egg whites.
- 3
Set aside almost a third of the resulting mass for casting.
- 4
Stir in the remaining mass of cinnamon and almonds, or hazelnuts and lemon zest, and knead into a dough.
- 5
Roll out the dough, cut out star shapes and place on the greased baking sheet.
Oven - 6
Mix the remaining stiff egg white with rum until a glaze mass forms.
- 7
Brush the cinnamon stars with glaze.
- 8
Bake in a preheated oven at 160°C for about 20 minutes.
Oven
Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.
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