Winter Cantuccini

Crispy winter cantuccini with chocolate, spices, nuts and Lemke Marzipan. Baked twice, intense in taste and perfect for coffee or tea.

Ingredients

  • 100 g Butter

  • 100 g dark chocolate

  • 150 g sugar

  • 2 eggs

  • 1 packet vanilla sugar

  • 300 g flour

  • 1 tsp baking soda

  • 1 tsp gingerbread spice

  • 1 tsp cinnamon

  • 100 g Lemke Marzipan Simply Pure

  • 50 g Lemke Mampfmandeln

  • 50 g pistachio

  • 50 g hazelnuts

  • 2 tablespoons milk

Preparation

  1. Melt the butter, dissolve the dark chocolate in it and let the mixture cool briefly.

  2. Mix the sugar, eggs and vanilla sugar in a bowl until creamy.

  3. Stir in the butter-chocolate mixture.

  4. Add the flour, baking powder, gingerbread spice and cinnamon and mix to a dough.

  5. Marzipan, Mampfmandeln, pistachio and work hazelnuts into the dough.

  6. Form the dough into three equally large strands.

  7. Place the strands on a baking sheet covered with baking paper, lightly flatten and brush with milk.

  8. In the preheated oven at 180 °C Top/Lower Heat approx. 25 minutes Baking.

  9. Remove the strands from the oven and 15 minutes Let cool.

  10. Cut into slices and again 5 minutes Bake until you're crispy.

  11. Let cool and enjoy.