Christmas balls with coconut shavings and almonds

Name: Christmas balls with coconut shavings and almonds
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 20
Ingredients: 125 g cold butter; 50 g Sugar; 3 packages Vanillin sugar; 150 g Flour; 50 g crushed almonds; 50 g Coconut flake; 50 g Icing sugar; 7-10 Tbsp Coloured decor sugar; 7-10 Tbsp Gold leaf; 7-10 Tbsp Cling film; baking paper

AUTHOR
Isreal Robertson

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
75 mins

TOTAL TIME
75 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 20

125 g cold butter
50 g Sugar
3 packages Vanillin sugar
150 g Flour
50 g crushed almonds
50 g Coconut flake
50 g Icing sugar
7-10 Tbsp Coloured decor sugar
7-10 Tbsp Gold leaf
7-10 Tbsp Cling film
baking paper

Directions

1
Cut the butter into pieces. Put sugar, 1 packet of vanilla sugar, flour, ground almonds and grated coconut in a bowl. Add the butter and work everything into a short pastry. Wrap in foil and chill for about 30 minutes. Form walnut-sized balls from the dough and place them on 2 baking trays lined with baking paper.
2
Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/ convection oven: 175 °C/ gas: level 3) for approx. 20 minutes. Mix icing sugar and 2 sachets of vanillin sugar. Remove cookies, let them cool down a little, roll cookies in the sugar mixture. Decorate with decorating sugar and some gold leaf
3
Waiting time 40 minutes