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To the joint SHF/IMBB event "Cookie swap" initiated by Alberto and Jennifer I contribute my favourite xmas-Cookie: Cinnamon Balls (german: Zimtkugeln). I've been baking them for about 15 years now. I found them in Germany's top women magazine "Brigitte". It must be appreciated by many people because two years ago the recipe appeared again in the same magazine as a favourite christmas treat.

The recipe:

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Titel: Cinnamon Balls
Kategorien: Christmas, Hazelnuts
Menge: 3 Dozen

3 Eggwhite
250 grams Icing sugar
300 grams Hazelnuts; grounded
2 tbs Vanilla sugar
1 ts Cinnamon
40 Hazelnuts for decoration

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Erfasst 10.07.2005 von Claudia Schmidt

Whisk the egg whites in a bowl until very stiff. Beat in the sifted sugar and the vanilla sugar and beat again until the mixture becomes shiny. Reserve 5 TB of this mixture for decoration. Fold in the nuts und the cinnamon.

With tablespoonfuls of dough form little balls with the palm of your hand. Put the balls onto a cookie sheet. With a small spoon drop some of the icing on top of each ball and decorate it with a hazelnut.

Bake in the oven at 125 deg C for 25-30 minutes until only slightly browned. Cool on a wire rack.

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