This recipe for Danish butter cookies is yet another traditional and incredibly popular Danish Christmas recipe. In Danish this cookie is known as Vaniljekranse which directly converted means vanilla wreaths. A Vaniljekrans is essentially a little round cookie having a crisp crust along with a scrumptious taste of vanilla. We believe these Vaniljekranse is among the best Christmas desserts/snacks that you could make within the days prior to Christmas. As stated, Vaniljekranse is an extremely traditional cookie also it goes long ago, so we both remember getting made these cookies with this moms whenever we were kids shaping the little round cookies are simply really fun, specifically for kids.
The dough of these cookies is really quite simple to create. The recipe is dependant on simple substances that is mixed into a gentle and sticky dough. The dough will be extruded in strips after which created into small round cookies. The extrusion process can be achieved utilizing a piping bag having a star nozzle, which however might need some muscle strength this is one way we normally get it done. However, should you possess a meat grinder and also have a star nozzle this can ease this method greatly.
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Danish Butter Cookies (Vaniljekranse)
Ingredients:
1 vanilla bean
175 g (6 oz) sugar
200 g (7 oz) soft butter
1 egg
250 g (9 oz) all-purpose flour
75 g (3 oz) almonds
Instructions:
Step One: Make use of a mixer or perhaps a blender to ground the almonds into flour.
Step Two: Open the vanilla bean and scrape the vanilla seeds. We've made a quick guide how to get this done think it is on the blog.
Step Three: Mix sugar, vanilla seeds, the soft butter, all-purpose flour and also the almond flour together inside a bowl.
Step Four: Add some egg and blend it altogether right into a saturated and soft dough.
Step Five: Pour the dough right into a piping bag and employ the star nozzle.
Step Six: Extrude the dough into small circles having a diameter of approximately 4-5 cm (1.5-2 inch). For those who have a meat grinder make use of the star attachment and extrude the dough into lengthy strips. Cut the strips into smaller sized pieces and set them together in circles.
Step 7: Put the vanilla cookies on the baking tray lined with baking/parchment paper. Put them having a distance of four cm apart (1.5 ").
Step 8: Bake the cookies at 200 C (400 F) for around 6 minutes or until there is a light-brown color.
Step 9: Allow the cookies awesome off with an oven grid. When chilled, keep your cookies inside a cookie jar.