Vegan Cinnamon Stars Recipe (German Christmas Biscuits)

Step 1

In a large bowl, combine all ingredients for the cookies. The dough should be firm and a little sticky, but you should be able to handle it with your hands. If it's appearing a little too wet, simply add in a little more powdered sugar.

Step 2

On a non-stick surface roll out the dough to about 1cm thickness. Ideally use a baking sheet or baking mat - or kitchen foil, so that you can easily remove the cutouts from the surface afterward.

Step 3

Use a small star-shaped cookie cutter to cut out the stars. Gently place them on a separate baking sheet and let them dry for about 4 hours. This step is important so that they firm up in their shape before being baked - if you skip this step, they might crumble.

Step 4

Once the 4 hours have elapsed, place the cookies in the preheated oven at 250 degrees for 3-5 minutes. This is a hot and quick baking process. Keep an eye on the cookies to ensure not to burn the corners of the stars.

Step 5

Place the stars on a cooling rack and prepare the coating by combining 5 Tbsp of powdered sugar with 1/2 tsp cinnamon and 1/2 water (or plant milk). Add in little drops of liquid whilst stirring until you get a smooth paste. If you run out of the coating, create a little more. The amount you need varies depending on how big your stars are and how many you cut out.

Step 6

Gently coat the cookies by either dipping them into the coating mixture or piping the coating onto them (which often turns out as the neater option!

Step 7

Place the cookies back onto the rack to dry the coating and once they're completely dry you can transfer them into a cookie tin.