It depends on everyone, but for me, marzipan is associated primarily with holidays, and most of all with Easter. Although marzipan is also often used during the Christmas holidays, when I mention marzipan, I think specifically about the bright spring holiday. Therefore, this cookie has an Easter character for me, I even gave it the shape of eggs, although it will also come in handy before and after Easter. Especially for coffee.

To make these cookies I used. You can also use store bought. Marzipan is a wonderful addition to baked goods, as it immediately gives it an interesting texture and introduces a pleasant almond aroma. Marzipan itself is nothing more than almonds, sugar and a little almond extract or essence, sometimes also egg white. Therefore, it is not surprising that baked goods with marzipan are so delicious.

The consistency of this dough, due to the presence of marzipan and the absence of eggs, is quite fragile. Therefore, you need to be patient when rocking and choose cookie cutters with few curves. Simple geometric shapes are ideal: eggs, simple flowers, houses, and the like. When choosing molds for cutting out cookies of a more complex structure, the dough will tear.

Ingredients

• 250 grams of flour
• 150 grams cold butter
• 100g
• 50 grams of sugar

1) Place all ingredients in a blender bowl and blend until crumbly.

2) Beat the dough into a ball, wrap in cling film and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

3) Remove the dough from the refrigerator. Preheat the oven to 180°C.

4) Roll out the dough with marzipan thinly on a floured surface and cut out the cookies into the desired shape.

5) Place the cut out cookies on a baking sheet lined with parchment or a silicone mat.

6) Place the baking sheet in the preheated oven and bake for 8-10 minutes. The cookies should “set” and the edges should become slightly darker. It will harden completely when it cools.

I somehow wanted to try my abilities in mastic - I bought a ready-made one, but, unfortunately, it was not at all suitable for sculpting. I read that it can be used as a filling for baked goods. So I baked such delicious “Slastena” cookies! I especially like the dough; it turns out soft and, at the same time, crispy and crumbly. It contains no sugar, so the sweetness depends only on the filling - it can be thick jam, chopped dried fruits, candied fruits, and a sweet curd filling, or marzipan, like mine. With any filling you get very tasty, homemade cookies that cannot be compared with any store-bought ones (tested several times!)!

This amount of ingredients makes 14 pieces.

Ingredients

To make “Slastena” cookies you will need:

flour - 150 g;

baking powder - 1 tsp;

egg yolk - 1 pc.;

sour cream - 60 g;

butter - 45 g;

powdered sugar for serving.

For filling:

marzipan - 150 g.

Cooking steps

Sift the flour and baking powder into a wide bowl, add the butter, cut into cubes, and rub with your hands until crumbly.

Collect the resulting mass into mounds, make a hole in the middle, add sour cream and yolk, mix thoroughly until the dough begins to come together.

Place the dough for the “Slastena” cookies on the work surface and quickly knead a homogeneous dough (no more than a minute - you don’t need to knead for a long time so that the structure of the cookies is soft and crumbly), gather into a ball, wrap in a plastic bag and put in the refrigerator for 10 -15 minutes.

Then take out the dough and roll it out on a work surface dusted with flour into a rectangular layer 2-3 mm thick (I got 20x50 cm in size).

Sprinkle the entire surface of the dough with grated marzipan.

Cut the roll into 3-4 cm pieces. Dip the cut areas in flour.

Bake in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 25-30 minutes.

Place the finished “Slastena” cookies with marzipan on a wire rack or plate and cool completely, then sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Enjoy your tea!

First, let's talk about the products that we will need to make these cookies.
They all should be the same, what is called room temperature. Therefore, we take the butter, marzipan mass and egg out of the refrigerator in advance.

By the way, about marzipan mass - if you can’t buy ready-made ones, then prepare it yourself.
To do this you will need 150 g of almond flour and 150 g of powdered sugar. They need to be mixed well, then sifted. And then add 1 egg white at room temperature and grind until a thick mass is obtained. If you want a more intense almond aroma, you can add a few drops of almond essence.

When the products have reached the desired temperature, all that remains is to prepare the dough. There are no tricks here - just put the sifted flour, powdered sugar, a little salt, vanilla essence, softened butter and marzipan mass into a large bowl.

Using a mixer using hook attachments, quickly knead the dough - not for long, just until the components are completely combined. Then we crush the dough into a ball with our hands, wrap it in film and put it in the refrigerator for at least one hour. During this time, the dough will “harden” and can be rolled out.

Roll out the dough on a work surface lightly sprinkled with flour into a layer 0.5 centimeters thick. And then we cut out the cookies using special cutters.

I bought this bunny mold specifically for making cookies for Easter.

But for such a holiday, you can also make cookies in the shape of an egg, and for this you do not need an oval mold. Simply cut out round cookies using, for example, a regular glass.

And then press the sides, giving it an oval shape.

As we rolled out and cut out the various cookies, the dough noticeably softened. If you start baking it in this state, there is a chance that the cookies will spread and lose their given shape. Therefore, I advise you to put the workpieces in the refrigerator again before baking. While the oven is heating to 180 degrees, let the butter dough harden thoroughly. With this technology, the dough quickly sets after entering a hot oven and does not “creep” in the future, i.e. the cut out shape is preserved.

The cookies do not bake for long - only about 7-10 minutes, until the edges are slightly browned.
We take them out of the oven carefully, because they are very fragile now, and let them cool completely.

While the cookies are cooling, prepare the sugar icing. To do this, mix sifted powdered sugar with lemon juice until you obtain a mass similar in thickness to sour cream. Divide the resulting mixture into several parts and tint them in different colors with food coloring.

We immediately place the resulting color mixtures in some sealed containers (bags, plastic bottles...), otherwise they will begin to harden quickly.

Marzipan is a delicious treat! Both shaped figurines and sweets are made from it. There are also marzipan shells for cakes and layers in confectionery products. But have you ever tried baking from... marzipan dough? To be honest, it is not very common - because its main component is still very expensive. Where I found such products on sale, 100 g of marzipan cookies cost 3.5-5 euros.

How to prepare “Marzipan macaroons” step by step with photos at home

The marzipan used in this recipe contains just over 50% almonds. I took this variety so that those who cannot buy marzipan in the store could imitate it at home using a recipe. If you have higher percentage marzipan on sale, you will need to add sugar to the dough. From eggs we need only whites. Almonds do not have to be petals; any kind of crushed almonds can be used. For fragrance I use bitter almond extract (10 drops), you can use a little more Amaretto instead. The type of oil does not matter; you need a meager amount of it for frying almonds.

Tear the marzipan mass into small frogs, add 2 egg whites, vanilla sugar and bitter almond extract. If the almond mass you bought is too hard for some reason, place it in a warm place, for example, on a radiator, before starting work, and try to let it become more plastic.

For the next step, it's helpful to have a cup of water handy. Pre-wetting your fingers in water each time, we form small balls from the marzipan dough and roll them in roasted almonds. From this amount of dough you can make 20-24 balls.

Stage 1

For the dough, divide the egg into white and yolk. Beat the egg white with sugar until white, add the beaten yolk separately, add almonds, vanilla and lemon juice. Mix well and knead a little with your hands like dough. Now take the second egg and also divide into whites and yolks, beat them separately, divide the cashew nuts into two parts and grind one with a blender. Add chopped cashews and whipped egg whites, flour and powdered sugar to the dough.

2. Stage

Roll the finished dough into small balls about the size of a cherry. Press the balls down a little with your hand, place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment, also make a small depression in the center and brush the cookies with beaten yolk.

3. Stage

Place the remaining cashews in the cavities of the cookies and bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 15 minutes.

4. Stage

Cool the cookies before serving.

Bon appetit!!!

Marzipan cookies are prepared without flour; they are tender, nutty, crumbly and very tasty. These cookies will definitely delight all your guests and family; we use marzipan mass as a basis, which you can buy in a store or prepare yourself. Preparing these cookies does not take much time and effort; they are perfect for a holiday table as a finishing touch or just for a family tea party. Be sure to follow the cooking steps to ensure the dough has the correct consistency.