Nut Wedges

TUESDAY

So I'm kinda swerving into the baking lane(?) and I found a new recipe book on the book shelf. I looked through it and found "Nussecken", and because it's almost Christmas, I guess, I made them. It got me into a really festive mood and I feel like it was a mistake to make them because it's mid October. But you can never be too early for Christmas baking!

What you need:

-*250g flour

-*100g sugar

-*100g margarine

-*1 packet vanilla sugar

-*2 eggs

-*1 teaspoon backing powder

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-1 jar apricot jam

-100g chopped almonds

-100g chopped hazelnuts

-3 tablespoons water

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-200g bittersweet chocolate

First step:

Mix all ingredients (*) in a bowl until you get a stiff dough. You can knead it if it gets too hard.

Second step:

Grease the baking tray with margarine. (Don't forget the corners!)

Third step:

Place the dough onto the tray and smooth it out.

Fourth step:

Spread out the apricot jam onto the dough.

Fifth step:

Take the leftover ingredients and bring them to boil in a pot.

(Don't forget to stir them, they will get burnt quickly!)

Sixth step:

Spread the hot mixture on top of the apricot jam.

Seventh step: 

Put the tray into the oven at 175C (~350F) for about 25-30 minutes.

Eighth step:

Take it out of the oven and let it cool down.

Ninth step:

Cut the dough into many little triangle shapes. But keep it on the tray.

Tenth step:

Melt the chocolate in a bowl on top of hot water.

Eleventh step:

Dip two corners of each nut wedge into the chocolate.

TADAA!

Tell me in the comments what your favorite fall/winter recipe is :)

If you bake the nut wedges, tag them with #k80cake on instagram so I can see them :)

~k80