Third Culture Kitchen

Approx. 14 stars

Just the recipe: Joulutortturesepti Northern Stars Recipe [PDF]

Butter dough:
150 g softened butter
3 dl white wheat flour
approx. ¾ dl cold water

Filling:
Dried plum jam (made by boiling some prunes (dried plums) with some water until the prunes make a soft jam.)

For brushing:
An egg

1. Mix the butter and the flour with a wooden fork in a bowl.

2. Add the water and mix the dough into a smooth dough.

3. Roll the dough on a floured surface into a sheet about 1 cm thick.

4. Fold the sheet three times. Turn it facing horizontally and roll it into a cm-thick sheet again.

5. Repeat this folding and rolling procedure twice more.

6. Let the dough harden in the refrigerator.

7. Roll the butter dough into a half-centimeter thick sheet.

Cut squares with a side of 8 cm with a doughboy.

8. Cut slashes from the edges toward the center of each square.

Put a teaspoon of plum jam in the center.

Fold every other tip in toward the middle and push them sealed. Moisten the connection point with water.

9. Put the stars on a baking sheet.

Whisk the egg.

Brush the top of the stars with the egg, but avoid the cut surfaces of the dough.

I am using a silicone brush in the picture.

10. Bake the stars in 225°C in the center of the oven for 10-15 minutes. They come out very nicely in a hot air oven.