Christmas Cookies- Classic Vanillekipferl. Vanillekipferl are small, crescent-shaped cookies with a heavy dusting of vanilla sugar which gives them their typical flavor. The little croissant shaped cookies are a real classic German Christmas cookie and. Probably every German grandmother makes Vanillekipferl at Christmas time. Traditional vanillekipferl cookies do not include eggs. Therefore this is an eggless Christmas cookie recipe.
Yet, if you would add an egg, the dough wouldn't break that easily and hold together better. (You would have to adjust the flour quantity) The almond flour in this recipe helps the cookies to rise and it's a great substitute for eggs.
So glad I've found this site.
My Oma's Vanillekipferl and other Kipferl type cookies also have no eggs.
You can have Christmas Cookies- Classic Vanillekipferl using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Christmas Cookies- Classic Vanillekipferl
- You need 250 Grams of All purpose flour (Weizenmehl).
- Prepare 1 Pinch of Baking Powder (Dr. Oetker Original Backin).
- It's 125 Grams of Sugar.
- You need 1 Packet of Vanilla Sugar (See ref: ).
- It's 3 of Egg yolks (Size: M, Medium sized Eggs).
- Prepare 200 Grams of butter Margarine Soft or.
- You need 125 Grams of ground Almonds (Dr. Oetker gemahlene Mandeln).
- Prepare 50 Grams of Sugar Powdered.
- Prepare 1 Packet of Vanilla Sugar (Dr. Oetker Vanillin Zucker).
A tricker dough to shape, light fingers are needed, and the reward is a wonderfully textured cookie. Baking cookies every year during christmas season is a tradition in Austria, but in many other countries too. The delicious smell of freshly baked cookies brings back memories from our childhood, as do these vanilla crescents, Austria's most popular cookies during christmas season. Vanillekipferl or Vanilla Crescent Cookies are buttery, nutty, melt-in-your-mouth German cookies that are rich, made with ground nuts and covered with fine vanilla sugar.
Christmas Cookies- Classic Vanillekipferl instructions
- Preparation Prepare the baking tray with baking paper. Preheat the oven - approx. 180 deg. celsius (top and bottom heat).
- DoughMix flour and baking powder in a mixing bowl. Add sugar, vanilla sugar, eggyolks, butter and ground almonds and mix it with a mixer (dough hook), first at low speed then till the highest speed..
- Knead the dough on a lighly floured surface to a smooth dough.Place the dough covered in plastic wrap in 30 minutes in fridge so as to make it firm..
- Make pencil thin rolls and cut it in 4- 5 cm long pieces. Roll the ends thinner then the rest of the roll and place it in baking tray (See video below). Tip: Make sure the baking tray is not hot when placing the dough..
- SprinkleMix powdered sugar with vanilla sugar and sprinkle some of it immediately on the hot kipferl. Cool the cookies and then sprinkle the rest of it..
- ReferencesVanillekipferl http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VanillekipferlVanilla Sugar http://germanfood.about.com/od/baking/r/vanillasugar.htmWatch Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKTUOnRpODUOriginal Recipe http://www.oetker.de/rezepte/r/klassische-vanillekipferl.html.
- If you have any doubts during the preparation, please do write your doubts on the page. I tried this recipe with half the quantity. Do try it and let me know how it turned out..
Classic, healthy makeover, vegan options. #cookie #German #holidaybaking #sweet #dessert #baking #vegetarian The Christmas Eve meal in Austria often includes fried carp because traditionally Christmas Eve was a day of fasting from meat. Roast apples and braised cabbage are other dishes that may be found on the dinner table, along with Christmas cookies and often a special Christmas cake. These sweet treats, including classic favorites like pfeffernüsse and vanillekipferl, will be the stars of your next cookie swap. They are crescent shaped biscuits with origin in Austria,widely baked also in Germany at christmas time. Please see references and the sites that were helpful which I have noted.