Christmas recipes with Agar: Christmas cookies

The agar has multiple applications in food. We can use it at home to thicken sauces, make jellies, prepare desserts… Christmas is approaching and at Hispanagar we want to offer you ideas for your Christmas desserts. Don’t miss this delicious recipe for Christmas cookies.

Ingredients:

200 gr of flour,
60 gr of ground almonds,
100 gr of cane sugar,
Grated peel of 1/2 lemon (untreated),
2 packets of vanilla sugar,
2 egg yolks,
100 gr of butter,
50 gr of coconut oil (Dr. Goerg),
1 pinch of salt,
60 gr of jam or jelly with Pronagar

Preparation: 
Mix flour, sugar, salt, vanilla sugar, lemon zest, and egg yolks. Cut the butter into small pieces and add. Then, we will quickly knead until we obtain a uniform dough. Form two rolls, wrap in aluminum foil, and let rest for at least 30 minutes in the fridge.

Preheat the oven to 170 º C.
Take portions the size of a hazelnut and with your hands, form small balls that we will place on the baking tray. Once all are formed, with the yolk of a floured finger, press down on the dough balls to create a small indentation. Deposit a small amount of jam in the indentations.

Place the tray in the oven and bake for approx. 10 -15 minutes, watching that they do not brown too much. Place the rest of the jam in a saucepan and heat until it boils. Remove from heat and carefully fill the indentations.

Return the cookies to the already turned off and open oven, let rest for 10 minutes.
Remove and let cool.