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Walnut Biscuits (Nusskipferl)

Agnieszka Weiner
Delicious melt-in-your-mouth walnut biscuits, excellent not only for Christmas.
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Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 40 minutes
Waiting Time 1 hour
Total Time 2 hours 40 minutes
Course Cookies
Cuisine Austrian
Servings 80 pieces
Calories 54 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 220 g ground walnuts
  • 220 g plain flour plus extra for dusting
  • 110 g caster sugar
  • 220 g butter soft
  • 2 egg yolks
  • icing sugar mixed with vanilla sugar for coating baked biscuits

Instructions
 

  • In a food processor mix walnuts, flour and sugar.
  • Add the diced butter and whiz everything together; add the egg yolks, whiz again till all is combined.
  • Transfer onto a plate dusted with flour, cover with cling film; leave it in a fridge for at least 30 minutes.
  • Preheat an oven to 180 degrees (or 160 for fan oven); put baking paper into baking trays.
  • Form biscuits: take a heaped teaspoon of the dough and roll it in the palm of your hand into a half-moon (approx. 3-4 cm diameter).
  • Put biscuits on a baking tray, leave some space around them, bake for 10-12 minutes.
  • Leave the baked biscuits on the tray till cool; coat them in icing and vanilla sugar.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookieCalories: 54kcalCarbohydrates: 4gProtein: 1gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 11mgSodium: 20mgPotassium: 16mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 76IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 4mgIron: 1mg
Keyword nusskipferl, walnut biscuits
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