Viennese Vanilla Cookies - Mike Andrako (2008)

By ginasheppard

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 cups sifted flour
• 1 1/4 cups shaved Almonds (not the slivered almonds, but the flat cuts
• w/ bits of brown on them)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• Confectioner's Sugar for decoration

Details

Adapted from foodnetwork.com

Preparation

Step 1

Cream butter and add sugar. Add 1/2 cup of flour mixing after each addition. Add remaining ingredients. Shape into a disk and then chill for 30 minutes. You can also put the dough in the freezer at this point.

Begin to roll the dough the dough so that it is about 1/4-inch thick or a little more. Cut with cookie cutters. Place dough on parchment paper or a greased cookie sheet.

Preheat oven to 350 degree F. Bake for 12 to 13 minutes or until the edges are a bit brown. You may need to lower your oven to 325 degrees F.

(You can also freeze or chill the dough in a log shape rather than a disk. If you do this, simply cut small rounds about 1/4 inch thick and place these rounds on the lined cookie sheet. These bake for 15 minutes.)

Once the cookies come out of the oven, either cool them on the cookie sheet or move the parchment paper to a cookie rack. As the cookies cool, but before they're fully cooled, sprinkle with confectioner's sugar.