Friese oranjekoeken

Ingredients:
Dough I

• 200 gr of flour
• 1 tbsp of corn starch
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 75 gr of cold butter 
• 75 gr of sugar
• 1 tsp of anise seeds
• 1 tsp of ground anise seeds
• a bit of ground nutmeg
• 2 tbsp of orange jam
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons of water

Almond paste

• 150 gr of ground almonds
• 150 gr of sugar powder
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp of lemon zest

Chocolate decoration

• 1 tbsp water
• 25 gr of pure chocolate 

Glaze

• 125 gr of fondant

Dough:

• Mix flour, baking powder and corn starch.
• Add to this mix cubes of cold butter. Kneed till crumbs.
• Then add the spices and ​​orange jam, sugar.
• Beat the egg with the water. Add to flour mixture and knead to a beautiful ball that comes loose from the bowl. 

Almond paste:

• Mix the ingredients. Preferably a day in advance to make flavours stronger.

Making the orange cookies:

• Divide the dough into two equal parts. 
• Gently spread half into the form and then spread the almond paste. Cover third layer with the rest dough.
• Put it in the preheated oven, cook in 180 degrees till golden brown around 20 minutes.
• Remove the cake from the oven. Turn it so that the tight bottom is placed on top.
• Divide the icing onto the cake and cut the edges neatly. Allow to cool completely.
• Divide the cake using the ruler in squares of 5 x 5 and if the rest is bigger or smaller also can be used.
• Decorate the cake with whipped cream and the chocolate. For whipped cream mix 125 ml cream with 1 tbsp sugar.