Christmas cookie recipe: Marzipan orange cookies

Ingredients

• 100 g marzipan
• 4 egg yolks
• 100 g powdered sugar
• 200 g butter
• 1 packet orange flavoring or orange zest
• 200 g flour
• 50 g dark chocolate

Preparation

1. The marzipan is finely chopped and mixed until smooth with the egg yolk, the powdered sugar and the butter.

2. Now the Orangenback, together with the flour, can be folded into the marzipan mixture little by little.

3. Small, walnut-sized balls are then formed from the dough.

4. They are placed on a baking tray lined with baking paper and baked in a preheated oven at 175°C-200°C (top and bottom heat) for about 15 minutes.

5. Then decorate the cooled cookies with melted couverture chocolate.