Vanille Hoernchen (German Christmas Cookies)
- 210 g flour
- 90 g ground almonds
- 180 g butter
- 90 g sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- Mix all ingredients except powdered sugar together in a medium mixing bowl.
- Knead by hand until dough comes together.
- Don't over knead it.
- Seperate dough into about 30 segments.
- Form each segment into a half moon or cresent shape.
- Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Bake 10-12 minutes until they're golden colored.
- Roll the cookies in the powdered sugar while they're still hot or dust them with the powdered sugar while still on the cookie sheet.
- It is important that you do this while they're still warm or the sugar won't stick.
- Put on wire rack to cool.
flour, ground almonds, butter, sugar, vanilla, powdered sugar
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/vanille-hoernchen-german-christmas-cookies-104197 (may not work)