Aniseed snowflakes

AUTHOR
Kristopher Marks
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4 1
COOK TIME
45 mins
TOTAL TIME
45 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 42
  • 125 g soft butter or margarine
  • 50 g Icing sugar
  • 60 g Flour
  • 125 g Cornstarch
  • 1 package Bourbon vanilla sugar
  • 1 TABLESPOON ground aniseed
  • 1-2 TABLESPOONS Icing sugar for dusting
  • baking paper

Directions

  1. 1

    Stir the fat until foamy. Sift icing sugar finely. Mix with flour, cornstarch, vanilla sugar and aniseed. Stir into the fat. Add 1-2 tablespoons of ice-cold water, knead well and cover and leave in a cool place for about 30 minutes.

  2. 2

    Form cherry-sized balls from the dough and place them on 2 baking trays lined with baking paper. Press slightly flat with a fork. Bake one after the other in a preheated oven (electric: 175 °C/ gas: level 2) for 12-15 minutes. Let them cool down and dust with icing sugar. Results in approx. 42 pieces

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