Butter and Jam Cookies: Hanswirt Husarenkrapferl
The recipe for these cookies comes from the pastry shop of the Hanswirt restaurant, which reveals some secrets for preparing Christmas cookies in the best way.
Servings: 4 persone
Ingredients
For the dough
- 1 yolk eggs
- 120 g butter
- 80 g confectioners' sugar
- 1 package vanillin sugar
- 160 g flour regular
For decoration:
- 100 g currant jam or apricot jam
Instructions
- Whisk the egg yolks, butter, sugar and vanillin sugar.
- Sift the flour over the mixture and work quickly.
- Then, knead well with your hands and shape into a ball, place in a covered container or wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 190°C. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Dust hands with flour and form about 30 walnut-sized balls with the dough and place them on the baking sheet.
- With the handle of a wooden spoon, make an indentation in the center of each dough ball.
- Gently heat the currant or apricot jam and blend until smooth.
- Use a small spoon to fill the indentations with jam.
- Bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes, until the color turns light yellow.
- Let cool on a wire rack.
