Hey, it’s me Kaloria.
In occasion of Christmas, where the traditional danish vanilla wreaths are a must have, I’ve got Katrine to post her recipe for vanilla butter cookies.
Give them a try and you won’t regred it.
The recipe gives 75pcs.
Ingredients:
400 g / 3+1/3 cups of all purpose flour
175 g / 1+3/4 cups of finely chopped almonds
1.5 vanilla rod
200 g/1 cup of granulated sugar
2 egg yolks
300 g/2.6 sticks/1.3 cups/10.5 oz of butter
1.5 tsp. vanilla sugar
Method:
Peel almonds. Chop them into very fine pieces . Mix flour, egg yolks, sugar, vanilla sugar, vanilla seeds, almonds and butter. Crumble the cold butter into the dry ingredients. Knead until the dough gathers (there is no need for water, the butter warms up a bit when kneaded, and that makes the dough accumulates). Place the dough in the fridge to set a little. About 15 min. Take out the dough and run it through a meat grinder (take the blade out and remember to put the star template in). Make pieces of 7-8 cm/3 inches, and put them together at the ends. Bake approx. 5-10 min at 225 °C/437°F,till the wreaths are lightly golden. Take them out and let them cool for 1-2 minutes, then push them so onto a wire rack to cool.
When the cakes are completely cooled, store them in a caketin lined with baking paper.
Merry Christmas baking Kaloria