Step 1

Preheat your oven to around 180°C or 356°F. Prepare two baking trays with baking parchment. You might want to warm the marzipan for 30 seconds in the microwave to make it smoother to work it. This avoids lumps in the dough.

Step 2

Using a hand or stand mixer, combine the butter and marzipan to a smooth mass.

Step 3

One by one add in the sugar, vanilla sugar and almond essence. Mix until everything is combined.

Step 4

Now add the eggs one by one into the mass. The mixer should be on its highest setting for 30 seconds while you add them.

Step 5

Combine the flour and baking powder. Sieve the flour mixture. Add the dry ingredients to the dough in two separate portions. Mix after adding each portion. The mixer should be set at medium speed.

Step 6

Now add the dough in little amounts to the piping bag or cookie press (whichever you are using)

Step 7

Pipe the cookies in circles onto the prepared baking tray. They should be around 4 cm in diameter. Bake for around 15-20 minutes until the cookies are firm.

Step 8

Pull them (with the baking parchment) off the hot tray.

Step 9

Once the cookies cooled down you can dust them with icing sugar. Another alternative is to dip them into some melted dark chocolate.