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Walnut Marzipan Sandwich Cookies | German Christmas Cookies

This traditional German cookie is a family favourite! Marzipan lovers got to try this for Christmas or any other occasion!
Course cookie, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine Christmas, German
Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings 35 cookies
Calories 120 kcal
Author Kiki Johnson

Ingredients

  • 300 g flour
  • 200 g sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp rum extract
  • 3 drops almond extract
  • 1 tbsp sour cream
  • 200 g Butter
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 150 g ground roasted walnuts
  • For the filling
  • 400 g marzipan
  • 200 g dark chocolate
  • 2 tbsp rum or cointreaux
  • 200 g aricot jam

Instructions

  1. Put the butter in a bowl and mix in all the other dough ingredients. Mix just until a dough forms, wrap in cling film and chill for at least an hour. Roll out the dough thinly to a few mm and cut out the cookies using a shape of your choice. Bake the cookies for about 10 minutes in an 385 F - or 180 to 190 C oven and let cool completely.
  2. Melt the chocolate and glaze half of your cooled cookies with it.
  3. Knead the marzipan and the tbsp of rum and roll out thinly. Mix the jam with another tbsp of rum or cointreaux and spread thinly on the bottom part of the sandwich cookie. Cut out little marzipan cookies using the same cutter as before and place on the apricot side of the cookie bottom. spread more jam on the top layer of the cookie and press the top of the sandwich cookie on the marzipan.
  4. Let them dry a bit then place them in a cookie tin and store them in a cool room. They tend to get better with the time so make them at least a week before Christmas! They will stay well for at least 2-3 weeks but probably won´t last that long anyways.