Impossible to imagine Christmas baking in Western countries Europe without the captivating aroma of almonds. These holidays marzipan is becoming one of the main ingredients of many confectionery products. In Germany, for example, almond is popular Betmenchen cookies (German: bethmännchen – betmanchiki, diminutive from the surname Betmann), named by the French confectioner in honor of the family Frankfurt banker in which he served. Cookies are cooked on based on a mixture of ground almonds, flour and marzipan in the form of small balls decorated with three halves of almonds. Bake it amazing cookies and enjoy its vivid taste of marzipan with розовыми нотками. 
Time: 40 мин.Difficulty: easy Quantity: 30 pcs. The recipes use dimensional capacity: 1 cup (tbsp.) – 240 ml. 3/4 cup (st.) – 180 ml 1/2 cup (tbsp.) – 120 ml. 1/3 cup (st.) – 80 ml. 1/4 cups (st.) – 60 ml. 1 tablespoon (tbsp.) – 15 ml. 1 teahouse spoon (tsp) – 5 ml.
Ingredients for the recipe:
- 3/4 Art. almond halves
- 2 tbsp. l peeled halves of almonds
- 3/4 Art. crushed almonds and 2 tbsp. l (finished almond paste usually sold by sausages in delicatessen departments)
- 1 tbsp. l rose water
- 7 tbsp. l powdered sugar
- 2 small eggs
- 3.5 tbsp. l flour
- 120 almond halves, for decoration
Recipes with similar ingredients: almond paste, eggs, flour
Recipe preparation:
- Preheat the oven to 175 ° C.
- Break marzipan paste into small pieces and mix with one of the eggs, rose water, powdered sugar and flour. Grind measured almonds and mix.
- Divide the remaining egg and beat the yolk.
- Form walnut-sized marzipan mixes nut. Press on the sides of each ball three almond halves. They must be placed vertically at an equal distance from each other. around a marzipan ball. Lubricate each ball with whipped yolk and put on a baking sheet.
- Put the baking sheet on the middle level of the oven and bake balls 15 minutes until golden brown.
