Vanillekipferl - butter

Method

• 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 (160° 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!