A package for sweet lovers

This package will delight both large and small sweet tooth. It contains biscuits, dried fruits, nuts and a jar of fragrant compote. Lay out the basket with a beautiful napkin, put a jar of compote on the napkin, put cookies and dried fruits in separate bags. Wrap the entire basket with cellophane and tie with a ribbon.

Ingredients

• 500 g flour
• 1.5 cups grape seed oil
• 1 cup of sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup small raisins or cinnamon
• 2 tbsp. l. apple juice
• 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
• 2 carnation buds
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 12 large figs
• quarter lemon
• 1.5 l strong earl gray or jasmine tea
• 1/2 cup brown sugar Demerara
• 100 ml fruit vodka or Cointreau liqueur

Directions

1. Separate the yolks from the whites. Whisk the yolks with half the sugar, salt and apple juice until fluffy. Pour the butter in a thin stream and continue beating until the mixture is firm and smooth. Whisk the whites with the remaining sugar separately until medium peaks. Gently whisk the yolks into the whites. Then stir in flour, finely chopped nuts, raisins, cinnamon and chopped cloves.
2. Roll the dough into a ball, sprinkle with flour and cover with cling film, refrigerate for 30 minutes.
3. Roll out the dough on baking paper into a layer 5 mm thick, cut into diamonds. Transfer to a baking sheet lined with paper.
4. Bake in an oven preheated to 180 ° C for 15-20 minutes.
5. Scald dried fruits with boiling water and place in a saucepan. Pour in hot tea. Cut the lemon into thin slices and add to the compote along with the sugar. Stir and cool.
6. Pour fruit vodka or Cointreau into a cold compote. Pour into jars. This compote can be stored for 3-4 days in the refrigerator.