Cakes & Bakes: Marzipan refrigerator cookies

I had a large lump of marzipan and some chocolate ganache left over from making last week’s petit fours. I HATE throwing food away, so I decided to make a batch of marzipan refrigerator cookies.

This is a quick and easy cookie recipe.

They can be cooked off in small or larger batches depending on your need – any leftover dough (wrapped in parchment paper or cling film) will live happily in the fridge for a week or so – or in the freezer more indefinitely.

Nothing beats a home-made biscuit – and we loved the sweet, almond flavour of these. If you prefer your marzipan refrigerator cookies to be soft & gooey rather than crisp, lower the heat of the oven to about 150ºC.

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Marzipan refrigerator cookies

Course Snack

Cuisine British

Keyword almond, cookies, marzipan, refrigerator cookies

Cook Time 12 minutes minutes

Servings 35

Ingredients

• 225 g/8oz plain flour plus extra for dusting
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 110 g/4oz butter cut into cubes, plus extra for greasing
• 175 g/6oz caster sugar
• 1 large egg lightly beaten
• 100 g/3½oz marzipan

Instructions

• Sift the flour & baking powder into a large bowl
• Add the butter and rub it with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs
• Stir the sugar, add the eggs and combine to form a soft, loose dough
• Cut the marzipan into small cubes
• Turn the mixture out on to a lightly floured work surface, roll in the cubed marzipan and shape the dough into a log shape about 3cm/1¼inches in diameter
• Wrap the log in parchment paper or cling film and then in foil and chill in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours or until required (I put one of the logs in the freezer to use at a later date)
• Preheat the oven to 190ºC/375ºF/Gas mark 5
• Grease a large baking sheet (or a few if you're making a big batch)
• Slice the dough into as many 8mm/⅜-inch slices as required
• Place the slices on the greased baking sheet, spaced well apart
• Return any remaining dough to the fridge for up to a week or freeze for up to 6 months
• Bake in the preheated oven for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown
• Leave on the baking sheet to cool slightly for 2-3 minutes before transferring to cool completely

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