Banket is a great-tasting Dutch pastry filled with almond paste. My husband’s family is from the Netherlands and this is the recipe they make every year at Christmas.
Preparation Details
Prep Time: 25 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 40 mins
Servings: 24
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup cold butter
- ½ cup water
- 1 ½ cups almond paste
- 2 large eggs
- ¾ cup white sugar, plus more for sprinkling
- ¼ teaspoon almond extract
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 egg white, beaten
Steps
- Place flour in a large bowl; cut in cold butter with a pastry cutter or two knives until mixture has a crumb-like texture. Make a well in the center; add cold water. Mix together to forms a dough. Try not to overmix. Chill dough.
- Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (225 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
- Blend almond paste, eggs, 3/4 cup sugar, almond extract, and salt together in a medium bowl.
- Divide dough into 4 equal pieces; roll out into 15-inch strips. Place filling along the center of each long strip of dough; roll up, and pinch the ends to seal. Place strips 2 inches apart on cookie sheet. Brush with egg white, and sprinkle with sugar.
- Bake in the preheated oven until golden, about 15 to 20 minutes.
