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Florentine Wreath Cookies

Prep
10 min
Bake
30 min
Total
40 min
Makes
20

Ingredients

Cookies

  • 1large egg
  • 1 stick110 gunsalted buttersoftened. German butter is unsalted and has about 82 percent fat. In the US use unsalted butter (European-style unsalted butter is closest); in the UK, unsalted butter.
  • ½ cup60 gpowdered sugarVery finely ground sugar for icings and dusting. In the US: powdered sugar (confectioners' sugar); in the UK: icing sugar.
  • 2 tspvanilla sugar1 packet = 2 tsp (8 g). Sugar flavored with vanillin (artificial vanilla), sold in small packets of about 8 g. In the US use 1 tsp vanilla extract plus 2 tsp sugar for each 8 g packet; in the UK, vanilla sugar sachets, or 1 tsp vanilla extract plus 2 tsp sugar per sachet.
  • 1 pinchsalt
  • 1 ⅓ cups170 gall-purpose flourIn German recipes plain flour means soft wheat flour Type 405 unless stated otherwise. In the US use all-purpose flour; in the UK, plain flour.
  • 1 pinchbaking powderGerman baking powder is sold in 15 g packets, each meant for about 500 g (4 cups) of flour. In the US and UK use regular baking powder (1 tbsp plus ¾ tsp per 15 g packet).

Almond caramel filling

  • 1 ½ tbsp20 gunsalted butter
  • 3 tbsp35 ggranulated sugar
  • 2 ½ tsp12 gmilk
  • 1 ½ tsp10 ghoney
  • ¼ cup35 galmondschopped

Method

Almond caramel filling

  1. Bring the butter, sugar, milk and honey to a boil, stirring regularly. Let everything boil for 2 minutes.

  2. After 2 minutes, take the pan off the heat and stir in the almonds.

  3. Let the mixture cool until it's lukewarm and you can portion it with your fingers.

Spritz dough

  1. Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C) convection (fan).

  2. Mix the butter, powdered sugar, vanilla sugar and salt until everything is creamy.

  3. Work in the egg.

  4. Work in the flour and baking powder until everything comes together.

  5. Spoon the dough into a piping bag and pipe wreaths onto a large baking sheet (about 16 × 14 inches / 40 × 35 cm) lined with parchment paper. A US half sheet pan (18 × 13 inches) works too.

  6. Shape the cooled almond caramel into small balls and place them in the center of each wreath.

  7. Bake until the cookie part is golden. The time varies; as a rough guide it should take 10 to 15 minutes, but with delicate cookies like these you always bake by eye.

    After baking, let the cookies cool completely before you take them off the baking sheet.

From German Pastry Chef. Full recipe with photos: germanpastrychef.com/recipes/florentine-wreath-cookies/