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Christmas biscuits. Traditional dish.

Spitzbuben Biscuits

Time to prepare: 1 h
6 servings
The sweetness of homemade jam, at odds with the name (Spitzbub = scoundrel), adds a touch of summer.

Ingredients

6 servings
  • 150 g butter with the South Tyrolean seal of quality
  • 125 g sugar
  • 5 g vanilla sugar
  • 1/2 pinch lemon zest
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 2 eggs with the South Tyrolean seal of quality
  • 300 g flour with the South Tyrolean seal of quality
  • 1/2 packet baking powder
  • apricot jam for brushing
  • icing sugar for dusting

Preparation

Time to prepare: 1 h

Prep Work
Line the baking tray with baking paper.

Dough

  • Cream the softened butter; add sugar, and stir until smooth.
  • Add in vanilla sugar, lemon zest and salt.
  • Stir in the eggs; sift the flour and baking powder together and add. Knead into dough.
  • Cover and let rest in a cool place for about 30 minutes.
  • Roll out the dough to a thickness of 5 mm. Cut rings out of one half of the dough and rounds out of the other half. Bake in the preheated oven.

Assembly

  • Spread jam onto the rounds.
  • Sprinkle the rings with icing sugar and place them on top of the rounds.

Baking temperature: 180 degrees Celsius, cooking time: about 8 minutes

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