Archive for April 2010

Christmas recipe exactly, but it becomes unpalatable to April, is that I'm about to introduce in this dreary spring day: are VanillaKipferl, seen on the blog of sprout http://www.cavolettodibruxelles.it/2007/12/vanillakipferl and immediately made . Their shape bezel and the intoxicating smell of vanilla give an air of sweetly romantic and relaxing. Ideal chew sipping a cup of tea or coffee between friends, or allowed to dissolve in the mouth magnificence on the couch in the company of your love and your favorite movie.

Makes about 70 biscuits:
200g flour
175g butter, softened
100g ground almonds
80g sugar
2 egg yolks
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
vanilla sugar cookies to end (to get it just put the granulated sugar in a jar with a vanilla bean)

Procedure:
Mix almonds, flour, sugar, butter, egg yolks and vanilla extract and mix until you get a compact ball. Form two rolls of dough, wrap with plastic wrap and keep cool for a couple of hours. Take back the dough, pick a small piece of dough at a time and modellatelo-shaped sliver of moon. Arrange the biscuits on a baking sheet covered with baking paper and bake for 10-15 minutes at 175. Be careful not to brown them, you must remove from the oven bianchi.Appena out of the oven, wait until that becomes almost still warm texture and press them in granulated sugar so that it adheres to the surface of the biscuit. Then arrange them on a wire rack and let cool.