How to make
If you like almond sweets and cantuccini, you'll love these lovely sticks inspired by the Scandinavian cuisine.
Mix the flour, salt and baking powder in a bowl.
Beat the butter and cream cheese in a bowl. Add the egg yolk and beat with the mixer until smooth on medium speed.
Add half the flour, mix until it is absorbed well, scrape the bottom of the bowl and add the rest of the flour. Mix on medium speed just until it comes together.
The dough is taken out and transferred to a lightly floured surface and kneaded by hand until it becomes flexible and completely smooth. Kneading by hand takes only a little while..
On baking paper sprinkled with flour, roll it out to a size of 12x12″ (30x30 cm).
Spread it with the spoonful of butter.
Cut it right down the middle lengthwise.
The sugar specified in the recipe is mixed with 2 tbsp. almond essence.
On one half of the dough, pour the sugar mixture with the almond essence, by spreading it so that it is 0.4″ (1 cm) from the end of the dough.
The other piece of dough is covered over the first dough with the sugar. With your fingers, grab the sides so that the filling does not come out during baking.
Spread with egg white and sprinkle with chopped almonds.
Sprinkle with granulated sugar.
It is then transferred along with the paper into a flat tray.
Bake at 360°F (180°C) for about 25-35 minutes with a fan.
Remove it from the oven and cool it completely in the tray itself.
Then it is cut into sticks, which are about 0.6″ (1.5 cm) wide.
These Scandinavian Almond Sticks are very suitable sweets for coffee.
