The Art of French Pastry

cool completely; it should take 20 minutes. Peel the eggs under a small stream of water. Cut in half ...

325°F/160°C with the rack positioned in the middle. 3 Sift the all-purpose flour with the baking powder. ...

the bowl and the paddle. Add the cooked egg yolk, vanilla, and almond flour and mix for another minute on medium spee ...

5 Scrape the dough into a cookie press fitted with a ½-inch star attachment and press out long str ...

time for 15 to 18 minutes, rotating the tray front to back halfway through, until golden. Remove from the ...

STORAGE Keep in an airtight container such as a metal tin. They will keep for 2 to 3 weeks. JACQUY’ ...

interchange cooked egg yolks and raw egg yolks, using the same weight (you will need fewer uncooked yolks), or use ...

have to be star shaped; you can use what you have at home or shape the dough into a log, chill for 2 hour ...

hazelnuts are chopped finely or they will clog up the cookie press. ...

CINNAMON STARS / ETOILES À LA CANELLE / ZIMTSTERNE ...

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YIELD | 45 TO 55 COOKIES (DEPENDING ON THE SIZE) Zimtsterne, or cinnamon stars—moist, chewy, spiced, star-shaped, ...

most iconic of the many Alsatian Christmas cookies. The cookie is somewhat labor intensive to make, as it ...

the cookies are worth the time, and today I find them enjoyable to make, especially since the number I make ...

when I was learning my craft. Our boss would dispatch the schedule for his holiday production to his two main ...

insubordinate behavior from the chefs to the boss would open the gates of hell for the entire holiday season. ...

stars alone on his day off during the holiday baking season. Apparently he would look at it as a way to relax ...

following equipment and allow all of the ingredients to come to room temperature: Digital scale, set to metric weight ...

paddle attachment 1 bowl scraper 1 silpat Two ⅜- to ½-inch- high bars Parchment paper 1 rolling pin 1 offset ...

2 sheet pans lined with silpats or greased parchment paper Read this recipe through twice from start to ...