Ingredients: Sift 200 g (1 1/3 cups) of sugar with 8 g (2 tsp) vanilla sugar Directions:Sift 200 g (1 1/3 cups) of sugar with 8 g (2 tsp) vanilla sugar* and 400 g (3.5 cups) of flour. Cut 300 g (1 1/4 cups) sweet butter into small pieces and rub them into the flour until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add 2 lightly beaten eggs and a pinch of salt and knead quickly and lightly to make a soft dough. Dust your work surface with flour and roll out the pastry to a thickness of 1/2 cm (1/4 inch). Stamp out small cookies using a fluted cutter and then cut a small circle of dough out of the center of each with an apple corer. Preheat the oven to 160 C (325 F). Brush the cookies with a little milk or lightly beaten egg yolk and sprinkle them lightly with sugar and flaked almonds. Lift them onto a lightly greased baking sheet and bake for about 25 minutes in the center of the oven. Cook on a wire tray and store in an airtight container. |