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sarah's german nut slice (nussecken)

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Recipe by
Betty Bramanis
@RecipesandSmallTalk
Sydney

If you love caramel, nuts and butter cookies this might be for you. It's a sweet vanilla biscuit topped with apricot jam and covered with nuts in a buttery carmel sauce and baked. Once baked, It's traditionally sliced into triangles and dipped on the edges into dark chocolate OR do as Sarah does and use a fork to flick the melted chocolate all over in "thin ribbons". Sarah is completing an internship within my organisation and is from Germany. This is her Oma's recipe. I'm saving it here so I can add it to my Christmas table.

yield 20 serving(s)
prep time 20 Min
cook time 30 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For sarah's german nut slice (nussecken)

  • COOKIES
  • 4 1/2 oz
    butter (130g)
  • 4 1/2 oz
    sugar (130 g)
  • 2
    eggs
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla
  • 10 1/2 oz
    flour (300 g)
  • 1 tsp
    baking powder
  • 7 Tbsp
    apricot jam, warmed for easier spreading
  • TOPPING
  • 9 oz
    butter (250 g)
  • 4 1/2 oz
    brown sugar (130 g)
  • 1 - 2 tsp
    vanilla
  • 4 Tbsp
    water
  • 7 oz
    hazelnuts (200 g), chopped
  • 7 oz
    almonds (or use all hazelnuts and omit almonds, 200 g), chopped
  • 7 oz
    good quality dark chocolate (not cooking chocolate, 200 g)

How To Make sarah's german nut slice (nussecken)

  • 1
    Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees C/375 degrees F Grease a lamington tin (11 x7 inch) tray and cover well with baking paper.
  • 2
    To make the cookies, cream the butter and sugar in a bowl. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix. Add the flour and baking powder and mix. Gently pat dough to fit the tray (use greased fingers or the back of a spoon). Use a fork to add holes every inch or so.
  • 3
    Spread warmed jam over the base and carefully cover. This is where the warmed jam is most helpful.
  • 4
    To make the topping, melt the butter in a saucepan. Add the brown sugar, vanilla and water. Cook until butter is melted and vanilla is fragrant. Add the nuts and mix to coat well. Allow to heat but not boil OR simmer, this will take less than a minute.
  • 5
    Carefully spread the nut mixture over the jam. Bake for 30 minutes.
  • 6
    Once cooked, allow to cool for 10 minutes and use a fork to "flick" the chocolate in thin ribbons all over. Allow to cool before cutting as desired (Sarah was strongly advocating for triangles, which are traditional). Alternatively, cut the slices and dip all edges in melted chocolate.
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