Vanillekipferl

1. 1

   Sieve the flour into a heap on a pastry board or into a large bowl.

2. 2

   Cut the cold butter into small pieces and mix with the flour. Add powdered sugar, ground almonds or hazelnuts and the egg.

3. 3

   Rinse hands with cold water and quickly knead mixture into a crisp dough. Chill for half an hour.

4. 4

   Form thumb thick rolls from the dough, cut into 1 cm wide pieces, roll and form crescents.

5. 5

   Bake at slow to medium heat (160u00b0 Celsius) for 10-15 minutes, or until very light gold in colour.

6. 6

   Turn the crescents in a mixture of powdered sugar and vanilla sugar while still hot. Enjoy!

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