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Brunsli — chocolate almond cookies

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Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 pound ground almond
  • 1 pound powdered sugar
  • 3 ounces cocoa powder
  • 3 medium egg whites
  • 2 tablespoons cherry schnapps
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

Directions

  1. Mix all ingredients.
  2. Roll out on a surface covered with sugar, roll dough to about ½ inch thickness.
  3. Cut out cookies with a 2 inch cookie cutter (heart or star shaped) and transfer onto baking pan lined with parchment paper.
  4. Let the formed cookies stand for about 2 hours at room temperature
  5. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and bake cookies for 5 to 6 minutes. Don’t bake them too long or they will become very hard.