Chestnut-Marzipan Biscuits
- 230g cooked chestnuts
- 1/3 cup white sugar
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar
- 1 1/3 cups flour
- 2/3 cup butter
- 2 tbsp tablespoons marzipan paste
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 egg yolk
- Using an electric mixer, grind the chestnuts.
- In a bowl, combine flour, grinder chestnuts, sugars, spices and salt, then gradually add diced butter and marzipan paste to obtain a smooth dough. Cover with plastic wrap and chill for 30min-1hr in the fridge, until firm.
- Preheat oven on 300-325F
- Roll out the dough (1cm thick). Cut out round cookies with a cookie cutter. Arrange on parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Whisk the egg yolk with 1 tbsp of water and coat the cookies with egg yolk. Sprinkle with a little bit of sugar
- Bake for 18-20 minutes. The middle should still be soft when you take them out of the oven.
chestnuts, white sugar, brown sugar, vanilla sugar, flour, butter, paste, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon, egg yolk
Taken from food52.com/recipes/21149-chestnut-marzipan-biscuits (may not work)