Vanillekipferl
These delicate Austrian vanilla crescent cookies are buttery, tender, and dusted with vanilla sugar. A classic holiday treat that looks impressive but requires just six ingredients and basic mixing.
- Total time
- 35 min
- Servings
- 24
- Calories
- 78
- Protein
- 1g
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter, softened
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 whole egg yolk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1.25 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons vanilla sugar (or granulated sugar mixed with 1 tsp vanilla extract)
Instructions
- 1
Set your oven to 350°F and wait for the indicator light or beep to tell you it has finished heating, about 10 minutes.
- 2
Place the softened butter and granulated sugar in a large bowl and use an electric mixer on medium speed to beat them together until the mixture looks pale and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
- 3
Add the egg yolk and vanilla extract to the butter mixture and mix on medium speed until everything is combined and smooth, about 30 seconds.
- 4
Add the flour to the bowl and use a wooden spoon to stir until a soft dough forms and no dry flour remains, about 1 minute.
- 5
Pinch off a piece of dough about the size of a walnut and roll it between your palms into a rope about 3 inches long and as thick as a pencil.
- 6
Bend the rope into a crescent shape — like the moon — and place it on an ungreased baking sheet about 1 inch away from the next cookie.
- 7
Repeat the pinching, rolling, and bending steps with the remaining dough until all of it is shaped into crescents on the baking sheet.
- 8
Slide the baking sheet into the preheated oven and bake until the cookies are light golden brown on the bottom and just set on top, about 12 to 14 minutes.
- 9
Remove the baking sheet from the oven and let the cookies cool for 2 minutes on the hot sheet so they firm up slightly.
- 10
While the cookies are still warm, sprinkle the vanilla sugar evenly over the top of each cookie so it sticks to the buttery surface.
- 11
Transfer the cookies to a wire cooling rack and let them cool to room temperature before serving, about 10 minutes.
Tools you’ll need
- oven
- large mixing bowl
- electric mixer
- wooden spoon
- ungreased baking sheet
- wire cooling rack
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