Rumsterne (Rumstars) Cookies | This classic Christmas cookie is flavored with rum and vanilla. Helga likes to use a heart-shaped cookie cutter, but stars are depicted in the photo.
INGREDIENTS
4 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup sugar
1 cup walnuts (ground)
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4½ tablespoons rum or imitation rum extract
2½ stick butter or margarine (room temperature)
1 cup powdered sugar
PREPARATION
- On a board or counter top, lay the flour and sprinkle with baking powder, sugar, walnuts. Make a well and drop in the eggs, vanilla, and three tablespoons rum. Cut the butter or margarine into slices and lay over the top.
- Knead ingredients into a smooth dough.
- Set it in refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- Roll out the dough to approximately eighth-inch thickness and cut with a heart-shaped cookie cutter.
- Place on a greased cookie sheet, bake in a preheated oven at 375 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes until golden.
- Mix powdered sugar with 1½ tablespoons rum into a glaze and spread over the baked cookies.
Makes approximately 110 cookies. If you want, you can halve the recipe.
“Have fun baking.” – Helga the Kitchen Witch
Helga Wengler is a native of Frankfurt, Germany. She learned to cook from her mother and loves to share her knowledge and expertise with readers. Helga also prepares classic German recipes on the Homeplate YouTube channel.
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