WeightWatchers Cinnamon Star Cookies Recipe

Here are some traditional German Christmas cookies (Zimtsterne).

They are a must for Christmas, so surprise your family by making these beautiful and delicious cinnamon star cookies!

Weight Watchers Cinnamon Star Cookies recipe
Makes 40 cookies

Ingredients

Dough
300 g almonds, finely grounded
100 g caster sugar, sifted
2 egg whites
50 g flour
2 teaspoons cinnamon

Meringue Glaze
1 egg white
1 dash salt
200 g caster sugar, sifted
milk

Preparation
1. In a bowl mix the dry ingredients for the dough.
2. Add the egg whites and knead until a still sticky dough is formed.
3 Wrap into cling film and put into the fridge for at least one hour (2 – 4 hours is best).
4. Near the end of cooling time preheat oven (170 C) and make the meringue glaze: beat egg white with salt until stiff. While still beating add caster sugar by and by to make meringue.
5. The meringue should have a consistency that you can spread it with a brush onto the dough later. It should have a more creamy consistency, so that it will stick on the dough and not running down.
6. Add just a little milk to get the right consistency. Depending on the egg white, you may need about 1 to 3 tablespoons.
7. Line out baking trays with parchment paper.
8. Get the dough out of the fridge and roll it out between two layers of parchment papers or cling film (the dough should be about 1 cm thick).
9. To make the cinnamon stars (easy way): Using a star cutter cut out the stars and place them on the baking tray. With a brush spread meringue glaze on the cookies.
10. To make the cinnamon stars (tricky way): After you have rolled out the dough spread a thin layer of the meringue glaze on the dough. Now you need a star cutter which can be opened. When you can open the cookie cutter you avoid touching the glaze, because the dough has the tendency to stick to the cutter. Put the stars on the tray. Knead the rest of the dough again and add some grounded almonds, so that the dough is not too sticky. Repeat the steps of making the stars.
11. Bake the cookies for about 10 – 12 minutes (watch them carefully, because the meringue should not be browned).
12. Take the cookies out and let cool completely. Store them in an airtight container (the cookies get better and better, because the flavors blend over time).

Photo credit: fred_v

How many Weight Watchers points in cinnamon star cookies recipe?
WW POINTS for one cookie: 2
Nutritional information for one cookie: 85 calories, 4.5g fat, 1.1g fiber

Originally posted 2007-12-17 14:27:04.