Colourful Americans

Name: Colourful Americans
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 15
Ingredients: 100 g soft butter; 100 g Sugar; 1 package Vanilla sugar; 1 pinch Salt; 2 Eggs (Gr. M); 9 TABLESPOONS Milk; 200 g Flour; 1 package Vanilla Pudding Powder; 3 deleted Tsp Baking Powder; 2 TABLESPOONS flaked almonds; 25 g + 75 g whole milk chocolate; 2 TABLESPOONS Pistachio kernels; 250 g Icing sugar; 3-4 Tbsp Lemon juice; 7-10 Tbsp coloured sugar sprinkles; baking paper

AUTHOR
Jennie Fields

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
75 mins

TOTAL TIME
75 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 15

100 g soft butter
100 g Sugar
1 package Vanilla sugar
1 pinch Salt
2 Eggs (Gr. M)
9 TABLESPOONS Milk
200 g Flour
1 package Vanilla Pudding Powder
3 deleted Tsp Baking Powder
2 TABLESPOONS flaked almonds
25 g + 75 g whole milk chocolate
2 TABLESPOONS Pistachio kernels
250 g Icing sugar
3-4 Tbsp Lemon juice
7-10 Tbsp coloured sugar sprinkles
baking paper

Directions

1
Cream butter, sugar, vanilla sugar and salt with the whisk of the mixer. Stir in the eggs one after the other. Add 4 tablespoons of milk. Mix flour, pudding powder and baking powder and stir in briefly.
2
Pour the dough into a piping bag with a large perforated spout. Spray about 15 tuffs (5-6 cm Ø each) onto two baking trays lined with baking paper. In a preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/circulating air: 150 °C/gas: see
3
manufacturer) bake for about 18 minutes. After approx. 10 minutes, brush the Americans with 4-5 tablespoons of milk and bake. Let it cool down.
4
Roast almond flakes without fat until golden brown. Finely chop 25 g chocolate and pistachios. Break 75 g chocolate into pieces and melt in a hot water bath. Mix icing sugar with lemon juice to a thick icing.
5
Coat the flat side of the Americans with the icing, leaving half of 3 Americans free and spread with chocolate. Sprinkle the icing with flaked almonds, chopped chocolate, sugar sprinkles or pistachios.
6
Allow to dry.