Vanillekipferl
- 150 grams butter
- 210 grams flour
- 80 grams ground hazelnuts or almonds
- 80 grams powdered sugar
- one whole egg
- 60 grams powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons vanilla sugar
- Sieve the flour into a heap on a pastry board or into a large bowl.
- Cut the cold butter into small pieces and mix with the flour. Add powdered sugar, ground almonds or hazelnuts and the egg.
- Rinse hands with cold water and quickly knead mixture into a crisp dough. Chill for half an hour.
- Form thumb thick rolls from the dough, cut into 1 cm wide pieces, roll and form crescents.
- Bake at slow to medium heat (160u0b0 Celsius) for 10-15 minutes, or until very light gold in colour.
- Turn the crescents in a mixture of powdered sugar and vanilla sugar while still hot. Enjoy!
butter, flour, ground hazelnuts, powdered sugar, egg, powdered sugar, vanilla sugar
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/vanillekipferl-51577201 (may not work)