Hestia's Kitchen
Welcome back to Hestia's Kitchen! It's been a while but you're lucky: my favorite time of the year is coming closer and closer and I have a lot of recipes to share with you. To be honest, I think there's no other season that boosts my serotonin more than christmas. I have so many good memories from my childhood. Do you remember how you found out that Santa wasn't real? Because I do. I was extra sneaky on Christmas Eve and caught my parents putting the presents under the tree. I think I was 7 or 8. But nevertheless, I love spending time with my family and one thing I loved to do as a kid was baking cookies. My grandparents and I used to bake many many trays of different kinds of cookies and today I wanna share my absolute favorites with you:
"Vanillekipferl"
They may be called different in other languages, but I honestly love the word itself. Follow these steps and I guarantee you, you will taste christmas.
Ingredients
Cookies
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour1 cup grounded almonds
1 cup powdered sugar
1 vanilla bean
1 cup butter
3 egg yolks
Sugarmix
1 cup powdered sugar1 pack of vanilla sugar
Instructions
Cookies
1. Mix all purpose flour and grounded almonds in a bowl2. Cut open the vanilla bean lengthwise and scrape core into the bowl
3. Add butter, a pinch of salt and egg yolks
4. Knead thoroughly with your hands
5. Wrap the dough in cling film and let cool for an hour.
6. Preheat oven to 350°F
7. Lay out parchement paper on baking trays
8. Take the dough out little by little and shape into little sickles
9. Bake for about 8 minutes
Sugarmix
1. Mix powdered sugar and vanilla sugar in a bowl2. Roll over your Vanillekipferl in the sugarmix while they're still warm
3. Let cool
Enjoy !
I really hope you enjoyed this issue of Hestia's Kitchen as much as I did! I cannot wait to start baking lots and lots of different cookies! If YOU happen to have a recipe that you would want to share with the world, IM me and be Co-Author in the next issue! See you next time!
