Walnut biscuits

Instructions

Zum Baking

1. Finely grind the walnuts.
2. Beat the egg whites with salt until stiff. Add the sugar and mix to a homogeneous mixture.
3. Add the ground walnuts and hazelnuts and mix to a homogeneous mixture.
4. Roll out to a thickness of 1 cm on some sugar and cut out the desired shape. (Recommended: round, corrugated cookie cutter)
5. Leave to dry on a baking tray lined with baking paper for 6 hours or overnight at room temperature.
6. Then preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
7. Bake the biscuits in the top half of the oven for approx. 10 minutes and then leave to cool on a wire rack.

Decoration

1. Mix the icing sugar with the water and kirsch to form a homogeneous mixture.
2. Dip the top of the biscuits in the icing and leave to drip off a little. Then decorate with a walnut half. (See pictures)
3. Leave the icing to dry for at least half a day. Then store in a biscuit tin and consume within 1-2 months.