A great recipe for the Walnut Basket dough! This crumbly, crumbly dough is truly the perfect base for this popular Christmas cookie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Based on the ingredients, this is a typical, crumbly dough (linzer dough), which is so delicious, soft and manageable because of the lots of margarine and egg yolks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud83e\uddfa Walnut Basket Dough (Shortbread Base) \u2013 The Traditional Recipe
Ingredients:
Ingredient Quantity
Flour (fine) $50\\ \\text{dkg}$
Powdered sugar $12\\ \\text{dkg}$
Baking powder $1\\ \\text{package}$
Egg yolks $5\\ \\text{pcs}$
Vanilla sugar $1\\ \\text{package}$
Grated lemon zest $1\/2\\ \\text{lemon}$
Salt $1\\ \\text{pinch}$
Margarine (or butter) $30\\ \\text{dkg}$
Milk (cold) A little (if needed)
Preparation (The Kneading):
Dry ingredients: In a large bowl, mix together the flour, powdered sugar, baking powder, vanilla sugar, a pinch of salt, and grated lemon zest.
Melting the butter: Add the cold, cubed margarine\/butter. Cut it into the flour in quick movements until you get a fine, crumbly texture. It is important to work quickly so that the butter stays cold!
Egg yolks: Add the $5\\ \\text{pcs}$ egg yolks.
Knead and loosen: Knead the dough quickly. As you mentioned, if the dough doesn’t want to come together or seems too stiff, add cold milk drop by drop – but really only as much as is needed to just come together.
Resting: Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes (but $1\\ \\text{hour}$ is even better). Cold dough is much easier to handle and less sticky.
Still missing the Nut Filling and Assembly!
To complete the recipe, I will also prepare the classic walnut filling that is usually put in the baskets:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
II. Walnut Filling
Ingredient Quantity
Ground walnuts $20\\ \\text{dkg}$
Icing sugar $15\\ \\text{dkg}$
Milk $1.5\\ \\text{dl}$
Rum or rum flavoring $1\\ \\text{ek}$ (to taste)
Apricot jam $2\\ \\text{ek}$
Preparing the Filling:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Boil the milk with the powdered sugar.
Pour the hot, sweet milk over the ground walnuts. Mix well, let stand for a minute.
Stir in the rum\/rum flavoring and the apricot jam. (If you find it too thin, you can add a little more walnuts or crushed biscuits.)
III. Assembly and Baking
Divide the rested dough into small balls and press them into the metal basket molds.
Bake the empty baskets at $180\\ ^{\\circ}\\text{C}$ for $10-15$ minutes. Let them cool to lukewarm, then carefully remove from the mold.
Fill the base with the walnut filling and top with half a walnut or decorate with chocolate.
I hope they are delicious!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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