A simple recipe for incredibly tasty garlic knots that cook up quickly. At gatherings and celebrations, they are very popular.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Additional Time: | 8 hrs 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 9 hrs 20 mins |
| Servings: | 60 |
| Yield: | 5 dozen cookies |
Ingredients
- 1 pound butter
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup ice-cold water, or more as needed
- 1 pound almond paste
- 2 cups white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 egg white, beaten
- 1 teaspoon water, or as needed
Instructions
- Mash butter into flour in a mixing bowl with a pastry cutter or forks until it resembles small peas. Gradually add ice-cold water into mixture, stirring lightly until mixture is moist enough to form a ball. Place pastry ball into a bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Mix almond paste, sugar, eggs, and almond extract in a separate bowl. Cover bowl with plastic wrap. Refrigerate both mixtures, 8 hours to overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease 2 baking sheets.
- Divide pastry into 10 portions. Using a rolling pin, roll each portion into long strips measuring about 4×12-inches. Divide almond paste mixture into 10 portions; use your hands to form each portion into a snake shape. Place each almond ‘snake’ into the center of each pastry strip. Fold dough over and seal the seam, also closing the ends. A little water will help to hold the seal. Arrange rolls, seam side down, onto the baking sheets. Cut slits into rolls with scissors every 2-inches.
- Beat egg white and water together in a small bowl; brush over pastry rolls to coat.
- Bake in preheated oven until lightly browned, 20 to 25 minutes. Set aside to cool completely before slicing.
- To make the dough, you can use a pastry blender, food processor, or the dough hook on your mixer. It is important to not handle the dough too much because it will cause the dough to become tough.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 148 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 17 g |
| Cholesterol | 22 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 2 g |
| Saturated Fat | 4 g |
| Sodium | 47 mg |
| Sugars | 7 g |
| Fat | 9 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I made this recipe for a close German friend. She was very pleased and raved about the recipe stating that her mother used to make a similar recipe. It was very, very good.
Tasty, i had ready marzipan in freezer from 2 months ago, very easy to make this cookies, my family liked it a lot . Thanks for the recipe i didnt know what to do with my marzipan.