Amaretto Walnut Coins

I am doing you a favour today and spare you my usual blabber. It is Christmas Time and there is such a great recipe to share on the final day of my countdown/bake-o-thon! It is nutty and fruity with a nice shot of booze - what better way is there to get merry?

Amaretto Walnut Coins

Amount depends on size of biscuit/cookie cutter. Makes about 36 (18 prepared) biscuits with a 7 cm (2.75 inches) cutter.

• 250g (8.8 oz) all-purpose flour
• 1 ts baking powder
• 100g (3.5 oz) butter
• 60g (2.1 oz) ground walnuts
• 80g (2.8 oz) sugar
• 1 egg
• 100g (3.5 oz) apricot jam/jelly
• 3 ts almond liqueur
• 150g (5.3 oz) icing/powdered sugar
• 3 ts almond liqueur
• 18 walnut halves (or more, depending on size of biscuit/cookie cutter)

 

1. Preheat oven to 175°C (350°F).
2. Knead together flour, baking powder, butter, sugar, ground walnuts and egg (I did this with my hands again as usual, since I am kind of a fan of putting some elbow grease into my biscuits).
3. Roll out dough (it should be about 1,5-2 cm or 0.6-0.8 inches thick). Cut out biscuits/cookies. Bake on centre rack for 10-12 minutes or biscuit start to brown. Let them cool down completely.
4. Meanwhile, stir together apricot jam with almond liqueur.
5. Spread on half the batch of your biscuits/cookies. Top each biscuit with a plain one.
6. Stir together icing/powdered sugar with rest of almond liqueur. Spread icing on biscuits/cookies.
7. Decorate each one with an almond halve.

I am wishing you all happy holidays and a wonderful time!