Shortcrust cookies (grandmother's Christmas cookies)

Name: Shortcrust cookies (grandmother's Christmas cookies)
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 35
Ingredients: 250 g Flour; 1 knife tip Baking Powder; 1 egg (size M); 1 package Bourbon vanilla sugar; 1 pinch Salt; 100 g Sugar; 125 g Butter; 1 Egg yolk (size M); 1 TABLESPOON Whipped cream; 7-10 Tbsp Sugar crystals

AUTHOR
Janie Gentry

DIFFICULTY
very easy

RATING

So simple, so good: classic shortcrust pastry biscuits to cut out simply belong in every biscuit tin at Christmas. With our recipe, you can make Christmas cookies as buttery and tender as they were from grandma!

COOK TIME
75 mins

TOTAL TIME
75 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 35

250 g Flour
1 knife tip Baking Powder
1 egg (size M)
1 package Bourbon vanilla sugar
1 pinch Salt
100 g Sugar
125 g Butter
1 Egg yolk (size M)
1 TABLESPOON Whipped cream
7-10 Tbsp Sugar crystals

Directions

1
Knead the flour, baking powder, egg, vanilla sugar, salt, sugar and butter first with the dough hooks of the hand mixer, then with your hands, to a smooth dough. Let dough rest for 30 minutes.
2
Roll out the dough on a floured work surface and cut out cookies. Place the cookies on a baking tray lined with baking paper.
3
Whisk the egg yolk with cream and brush the cookies with it. Sprinkle the cookies with decorating sugar and bake in the preheated oven (electric range: 175 °C/gas: level 2) for 12-15 minutes. Let the shortcrust cookies cool down on a cake rack.