Cinnamon stars

Put 2 egg whites and 166 g icing sugar into the bowl of the stand mixer.

Add a pinch of salt and whip everything for about 3 minutes on the highest setting. You will then have a nice Meringue mixture.

Add 266 g almond powder and 3 tsp Cinnamon powder to the egg white and icing sugar mixture.

Mix with the K-beater until the dough is smooth and forms a ball. Then place it on a sheet of baking paper.

Cover the dough with a second sheet of baking paper so that nothing sticks to the rolling pin. Press it slightly flat with your hands and place the 5 mm rolling guides on the left and right.

Roll out the dough with a large rolling pin, slide it onto a perforated Baking tray and put it in the freezer for about 15 minutes.

In the meantime, preheat the oven to 240 °C fan and prepare a perforated tray with a perforated mat. The tray and mat ensure that the stars bake evenly.

So that the cookies do not get too big, I take the second from the middle of the star Cookie cutter set, that is 4 cm.

Cut out the stars as close together as possible so that little waste remains, and place them on the perforated mat. In my case 5 across and 7 along. You need 2 perforated mats and ideally 2 perforated trays. Shape the leftovers back into a ball and roll them out again; if the dough has become too soft, put it back in the freezer briefly. Bake the stars for about 4 minutes at 240 °C fan, then let them cool completely on the mat.

Add 225 g Royal Icing Mix and 27 g water to the mixing bowl. For the water I use a Melting bottle with a spout so the amount is exactly right.

Beat for 3 minutes with the Whisk on high speed. The icing needs to be runny enough for dipping, but firm enough to stick to the star. Divide it between two bowls and cover one with damp paper: into the other, gradually add water until the icing flows like a ribbon. If it gets too runny, stir in some firmer icing from the second bowl.

Have a Cake rack ready. Dip the stars into the icing and lightly wipe them on the edge of the bowl, but not too much, otherwise the cookie shows through. We want nice white stars.