Butter-free Christmas cookies - stars with cinnamon

In many European countries, giving cookies for the New Year and Christmas has long been a tradition. After all, by devoting time to cooking and making every effort, you show how much you value and cherish those for whom such a gift is intended.

Ingredients

• For cookies
• 300 g of hazelnuts.
• 2 eggs (you will need 1 egg yolk and 2 egg whites).
• 200 g of powdered sugar.
• 1.5 tsp. cinnamon powder.
• 100 g of flour.
• For the glaze:
• 150 g of powdered sugar.
• 2 st. l. lemon juice.

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to preheat to 200 degrees.
2. Chop the nuts (you can use a food processor or coffee grinder)
3. Beat the whites into a stiff foam, gradually adding the nuts, powdered sugar, flour, cinnamon, and egg yolk.
4. Knead to form a soft dough.
5. Roll out with a rolling pin to a thickness of about 2 mm.
6. Cut out the stars using the shapes.
7. Cover the sheet with parchment and lay out the stars.
8. Send in the oven for 10 minutes, the surface of the cookies should turn golden.
9. For the glaze, you need to combine powdered sugar with lemon juice. A thick mass should come out.
10. Once the cookies have cooled. grease it with icing.