Cinnamon Star Cookies

This is great for Christmas, but I like them any time of the week.

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Serves: 30
• Yields: 60-80 cookies

Ingredients

• Dough

• 10  egg whites
• 1  kg icing sugar
• 1250  g  almond powder
• 10  g cinnamon

• Royal Icing

• 360  g icing sugar
• 2  egg whites

Directions

1. Preheat oven 180°C.
2. For the Dough:.
3. Mix all the ingredients together, and chill for one hour.
4. Roll the dough out, using 2 pieces of parchment paper, and flatten out, into a big square about a half inch thick.
5. Remove the top parchment paper.
6. For the Icing:.
7. Whip together icing sugar and egg white together for about 10 minutes, till you get a stiff melted marshmallow like froth. Using a spatula, spread a layer of icing on top of the flattened cookie dough. Cut the cookies out with a star cookie cutter and place on a baking tray.
8. Bake in oven until the icing becomes dry, about 10 -15 minutes.