Shortbread cookies

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 500 g flour
• 250 g sugar
• 250 g butter or baking margarine
• 1 packet of vanilla sugar or 1 vanilla pod
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 pinch of salt
• 1 pack of pudding powder (vanilla) or
• 100 g almond(s), ground or
• 1 pack of pudding powder (chocolate)
• 1 tbsp cocoa powder
• 1 tsp cinnamon or gingerbread spice
• possibly cake icing (chocolate)

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Total time approx. 30 minutes

makes about 100 cookies

Depending on your desired flavor, add vanilla pudding, almonds, or chocolate pudding, and spices. Mix all ingredients into a dough and let it rest overnight. Pass the dough through a meat grinder with a piping attachment in several batches and place it in any desired shape on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake at 175-190°C (350-375°F), depending on your oven, until golden brown. After cooling, the cookies can be dipped in chocolate glaze or sprinkled with chocolate. This is our family’s traditional Spritzgebäck (shortbread), which we enjoy baking every year at Christmas.