Name: Berliner Brot (German Christmas Cookie)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 24
Ingredients: Sugar - 1 ¼ cups; Unsalted butter, at room temperature - 10 ½ tablespoons; Eggs - 2 large; All-purpose flour - 2 ⅓ cups; Unsweetened cocoa powder - ¾ cup; Ground cinnamon - 2 teaspoons; Baking powder - 1 teaspoon; Ground cloves - 1 pinch; Ground hazelnuts - 1 ⅓ cups; Powdered sugar - 1 cup; Lemon, juiced - 1 medium

Recipe information

Cooking:

15 min.

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Ingredients for - Berliner Brot (German Christmas Cookie)

1. Sugar - 1 ¼ cups

2. Unsalted butter, at room temperature - 10 ½ tablespoons

3. Eggs - 2 large

4. All-purpose flour - 2 ⅓ cups

5. Unsweetened cocoa powder - ¾ cup

6. Ground cinnamon - 2 teaspoons

7. Baking powder - 1 teaspoon

8. Ground cloves - 1 pinch

9. Ground hazelnuts - 1 ⅓ cups

10. Powdered sugar - 1 cup

11. Lemon, juiced - 1 medium

How to cook deliciously - Berliner Brot (German Christmas Cookie)

1. Stage

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9 1/2 x 13-inch baking sheet or line with parchment paper.

2. Stage

Cream together sugar and butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer. Add eggs, 1 at a time, and mix until just blended.

3. Stage

Mix together flour, cocoa powder, cinnamon, baking powder, and cloves in a separate bowl.

4. Stage

Add flour mixture to the wet mixture, and mix until just blended. Add hazelnuts and mix again until just blended. The mixture should have the consistency of a smooth dough.

5. Stage

Transfer dough onto the prepared baking sheet and smooth with a rolling pin into all the corners.

6. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until cookie sheet has set, about 20 minutes. Cut into squares while still warm.

7. Stage

Combine powdered sugar and lemon juice in a small bowl and brush icing over the cooling bars.