This is a very simple basic recipe for German butter cookies. This cookie recipe are just great for a beginning baker. You will love them for Christmas, just keep them in a tin box and store them in a cool place. Happy Baking!
300 g flour
1 egg
100 g sugar
1 sachet vanilla sugar, Dr. Oetker, 0.3 oz
– How to make Vanilla Sugar –
some lemon zest or natural lemon flavor
1 dash salt
200 g soft butter
1 tsp baking powder, Dr Oetker
– Beat butter, sugar and vanilla sugar until foamy.
– Mix flour with salt and baking powder, sieve half of it to the dough, mix well by using a wooden spoon, add remaining flour mix then knead the dough.
– Form dough to a roll and cut pieces of walnut size, form balls out of them.
– Place balls on a baking tray layered with parchment paper, and with a fork press each piece gently down (you can see the fork marks).
– Bake in pre-heated oven on 180 C or 350 F for about 18 minutes (lower level of oven). Convection oven less.
What cake should we bake for this weekend? What about a German Sandkuchen? It's a…
The German Rhubarb Streusel Cake is a great cake to bake in summer when rhubarb…
The German butter cake with egg liquor is an original and authentic German recipe that…
This is one of my favorite cakes! The delicious cake called German Mandarine Orange Sour…
There is no Oktoberfest without a German Roasted Chicken, or in Bavarian it is called…
If you visit the South of Germany (Baden-Würtemberg) make sure to order a warm potato…