Ingredients

The following ingredients have 35 Servings
  • 100 g soft unsalted butter (3.5 oz/ scant ½ cup (Note 1))
  • 50 g icing sugar (1.7 oz/ ½ cup )
  • 25 g marzipan paste (0.8 oz/ ¼ cup (grated and loosely packed))
  • 1 sachet vanilla sugar or 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract ((Note 2))
  • 1 organic lemon (only the zest)
  • 125 g all-purpose flour (4.4 oz/ 1 cup )
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 4 tablespoons granulated sugar

Instruction

  • Pastry: Mix the soft butter, icing sugar, grated marzipan paste, vanilla sugar, or extract and grated lemon zest using a handheld mixer. The mixture should get creamy. Sieve the flour over this mixture and incorporate it. Form a long pastry roll, about 4 cm/ 1.6 inch thick. Halve the roll, wrap each half in plastic wrap.
  • Refrigerate for several hours or overnight.
  • Preheat the oven to 175 degrees Celsius/ 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line two baking trays with baking paper.
  • Cut cookies: Whisk the egg yolk with a fork and brush the pastry rolls all over. Place the granulated sugar on a plate and toss the roll to coat in sugar. Cut the rolls into ½ cm/ 0.2 inch slices. Place the pastry slices on the prepared baking trays.
  • Bake for about 10-15 minutes until the cookies are golden.