Coffee, Cinnamon Stars, and Puppenkrapfen It's the Height of Carnival Season, after all!

First Things First
Coffee and Puppenkrapfen, anyone?
Served at Demel's - where else?

A Promise of Spring
Captured at Café Prückel

And then, a step back to Christmas:
Merisi's Recipe for Cinnamon Star Cookies

I n g r e d i e n t s
500 grams (3 cups) ground almonds
450 grams (4 3/8 cups) powdered sugar
2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon kirsch

P r e p a r a t i o n
I found an excellent description
of the preparation method on the web.
Instead of paraphrasing, I simply give you the link:
Birgit Kerr's "How to bake Cinnamon Cookies"

And here we are off to Paris,
to visit the fabulous Carol Gillott
at Paris Breakfasts
Her post yesterday about 'etoile' cookies sitting in a basket
outside a Parisian shop is the excuse for bringing up Zimtsterne,
even though they are now out of season here.
Enjoy Paris with Carol!

Images and Text © by Merisi