Prep Time: 30 min
Cooking Time: 35 - 40 min
Ingredients
For the dough:
700 gr flour
200 gr butter
200 gr sugar
Juice and zest of ½ a lemon
3 eggs
1-2 tbsp of milk
For the filling:
400 gr ground almonds
350 gr icings sugar
Zest of 1 lemon
2-3 egg whites
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp almond extract
Decorations:
melted chocolate
royal icing
sprinkles
chocolate buttons
sugar paste decorations
Method
Pre-heat the oven to 170°C.
In a bowl mix together the eggs, lemon zest, lemon juice and sugar.
In another bowl rub the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles fine sand.
Add the egg mixture into the flour and sugar mixture until you obtain a soft dough. Add 1 to 2 tbsps of milk, if necessary.
Wrap the dough in cling film and put in the fridge to rest for 30 minutes.
While the dough is resting, prepare the almond mixture by mixing all the ingredients together in a bowl.
Roll out the dough and cut into your desired shapes by using cookie or figolli cutters.
Top with the almond mixture. Make sure to leave a border of approx. 1 cm all around.
Brush the boarder with some water and cover with another piece of dough.
Bake for 35 – 40 minutes (for the standard figolli size) or until golden. We have baked the mini-figolli for approx. 20 minutes.
Once the figolli are baked and cooled, decorate to your liking.
