{"id":3742,"slug":"zimtsterne-german-cinnamon-star-cookies","title":"Zimtsterne (German Cinnamon Star Cookies)","description":"Zimtsterne are German cinnamon cookies often eaten for the advent season.","ingredients_raw":["4 egg whites","300 g powdered sugar","1 tsp cinnamon","350 g ground almonds or hazelnuts","A little grated lemon zest"],"ingredients_norm":["egg white","powdered sugar","cinnamon","ground almonds or hazelnut","little grated lemon zest"],"steps":["Whip the egg whites until creamy.","Sift in powdered sugar, and mix into egg whites.","Set aside almost a third of the resulting mass for casting.","Stir in the remaining mass of cinnamon and almonds, or hazelnuts and lemon zest, and knead into a dough.","Roll out the dough, cut out star shapes and place on the greased baking sheet.","Mix the remaining stiff egg white with rum until a glaze mass forms.","Brush the cinnamon stars with glaze.","Bake in a preheated oven at 160°C for about 20 minutes."],"categories":["Recipes for dessert","Recipes for cookies","Recipes using almond","Recipes using powdered sugar","Recipes using ground cinnamon","Recipes using lemon zest","Recipes using egg white","Recipes using hazelnut"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":30,"servings":null,"yield_text":"25 cookies","difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Zimtsterne_(German_Cinnamon_Star_Cookies)","source_ref":"4587443","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Zimtsterne_(German_Cinnamon_Star_Cookies)&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"343b04f1f802e966e78b566a81a3da21029226510b93a6060a84de51ddbeb7c6","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:32Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:32Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/zimtsterne-german-cinnamon-star-cookies"}