Orange Stars

Orange Stars

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Cook Time

2 h 12 min

Servings

25

Difficulty

Medium

Prep Time

60 Min

Description

Orange Stars are a festive Christmas cookie recipe for the Thermomix® with bitter orange, flour, sugar, and Christmas spices like cinnamon and ginger. Preparation takes about 132 minutes, of which 60 minutes are active work, and yields approximately 25 servings. Ideal as a festive finger food or dessert. Suitable for anyone who enjoys baking and loves Christmas flavors. The recipe is optimized for use with the Wundermix MilkiMizer and Meistermix Patix.

Ingredients (11 ingredients)

  • 0.5 Stück untreated bitter orange
  • 250 g Flour
  • 0.125 TL Baking soda
  • 1 TL ground ginger
  • 0.125 TL Cinnamon
  • 1.5 Msp. Cloves
  • 1 Msp. Coriander
  • 80 g Sugar
  • 1 Prise Fleur de sel or salt
  • 150 g Salted butter
  • 100 g Bitter orange marmalade

Preparation (9 steps)

1

Prepare the bitter orange

Wash the bitter orange, pat dry, and finely grate the zest. Set the zest aside.

2

Mix dry ingredients

Thermomix® Setting
10 sec/Speed 4

Place flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, coriander, sugar, and fleur de sel or salt in the mixing bowl and mix: 10 sec/speed 4.

10 sec
3

Prepare the dough

Thermomix® Setting
2 min/Kneading speed

Add salted butter in cubes and the orange zest. Knead with the Patix dough knife for 2 min/kneading stage to form a shortcrust pastry.

2 min
4

Chill the dough

Place the dough in a container and chill for at least 1 hour.

5

Preheat oven

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees (convection: 160 degrees). Line two baking sheets with baking paper.

6

Roll out dough and cut out stars

Roll out the dough on a lightly floured work surface or between two layers of film to a 2 mm thin sheet. Cut out stars of about 6 cm Ø. Cut out the center of half of the stars in a circle.

7

Bake cookies

Place the cookies on the baking sheets and bake one after the other for 10-12 minutes until golden brown.

10-12 min
8

Heat the marmalade

Thermomix® Setting
3 min/122°F/Speed 2 122°F

Place the bitter orange marmalade in the mixing bowl and heat for 3 min/50°C/speed 2.

3 min
9

Fill stars

Spread the warmed marmalade on the stars without holes and place the stars with holes on top. Let the orange stars cool.

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Allergens

  • Wheat
  • Milk

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