Zimtsterne / Étoiles à la cannelle

Zimtsterne (cinnamon stars), also popular in Germany, have been around in some form or other for centuries. In the Middle Ages they were a luxury - cinnamon being particularly treasured and sufficiently expensive.

There are plenty of recipes to be found, though the most arduous recipe I’ve seen comes from 1892 via Rosina Gschwind, a Bernese educator, women’s rights activist, cookbook author, and founder of two domestic management schools, who suggests beating the egg whites and suga