Almond Pretzels (MANDELPLÄTTCHEN)

10
Ingredients

9h
Prep Time

15m
Cook Time

9h 15m
Ready In

Recipe: #28521

October 29, 2017

Categories: Desserts, Cookies, Shaped, German, Christmas, Oven Bake Vegetarian, Flour, Kosher Dairy, more

recipe by:
JoanWagnerTeller

"These are fun to make and very tasty. Shaping them takes some practice but they'll still be edible even if they aren't perfectly put together. A Mouli grater works well for chopping the almonds."

Original is 26 servings

Metric US

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Nutritional

Serving Size: 1 (56.8 g)
Calories 223.4
Total Fat - 14.3 g
Saturated Fat - 6.7 g
Cholesterol - 238.4 mg
Sodium - 33.6 mg
Total Carbohydrate - 18.4 g
Dietary Fiber - 0.7 g
Sugars - 8 g
Protein - 5.6 g
Calcium - 55.1 mg
Iron - 0.9 mg
Vitamin C - 0 mg
Thiamin - 0.1 mg

Step 1

Sift sugar.

Step 2

Beat butter until soft, and add the 1 cup of sugar gradually. Blend these ingredients until very light and creamy.

Step 3

Beat in one of the egg yolks, the 2 eggs, and the sour cream.

Step 4

Stir in the flour, then add the baking powder, cinnamon, and lemon rind.

Step 5

Divide dough in half and put each half on a sheet of plastic wrap (not waxed paper).

Step 6

Shape each into an evenly thick log, 6-7" long.

Step 7

Wrap tightly and refrigerate at least 4 hours or overnight.

Step 8

To bake, remove dough from refrigerator and let warm up slightly. Working with one dough portion at a time, carefully mark and then cut the log into 13 equal sections.

Step 9

To form pretzels, knead a dough section briefly to soften it slightly. Using fingers, roll dough back and forth on a clean work surface until you have a rope about 10-12" long, keeping the rope evenly thick.

Step 10

Shape the rope into a pretzel shape by making a circle with the right end overlapping the left one and wrapping around it, then flipping the two ends over onto the circle.

Step 11

Put the pretzels on a greased cookie sheet. Brush each one with the remaining egg yolk and sprinkle the tops with the tablespoon of sugar and the almonds.