Description
Delicate Austrian “Vanillekipferl” cookies bring winter holiday magic to crescent-shaped pastry lovers. Powdered sugar dusts these buttery almond treats, offering a melt-in-mouth experience you’ll savor with each delightful bite.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 200 grams (7.05 ounces) all-purpose flour
- 150 grams (5.29 ounces) unsalted butter, cold and cut into small cubes
- 100 grams (3.53 ounces) ground almonds
Sweeteners and Flavoring:
- 70 grams (2.47 ounces) powdered sugar (plus extra for dusting)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar or 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Other:
- 1 pinch of salt
Instructions
- Sift together flour, ground almonds, powdered sugar, and salt in a spacious mixing vessel, creating a uniform dry mixture.
- Introduce chilled butter cubes and vanilla sugar, gently working the ingredients with fingertips or a pastry blender until a cohesive dough emerges.
- Encase the dough in plastic film and allow it to rest in the refrigerator for a minimum of 60 minutes, enabling the ingredients to meld and firm up.
- Heat the oven to 175°C and prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper, ensuring an even surface for delicate cookie placement.
- Pinch off small segments of chilled dough, rolling them into slender logs before carefully curving each into a crescent silhouette.
- Delicately position the shaped crescents on the prepared baking sheet, maintaining slight separation to allow for minimal spreading during baking.
- Slide the baking sheet into the preheated oven, monitoring the cookies until their edges transform to a gentle golden hue, approximately 12-15 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and permit the kipferl to cool momentarily on the baking sheet, then generously shower with a soft blanket of powdered sugar, ensuring complete coverage.
Notes
- Use unsalted butter for better control of salt levels and a cleaner flavor profile.
- Chill the dough thoroughly to prevent spreading and maintain the classic crescent shape during baking.
- For gluten-free adaptation, substitute all-purpose flour with almond or rice flour to accommodate dietary restrictions.
- Enhance flavor by toasting ground almonds lightly before mixing into the dough for a deeper, nuttier taste.
- Prep Time: 45 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Austrian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 20
- Calories: 124
- Sugar: 6.5g
- Sodium: 0.1mg
- Fat: 9.4g
- Saturated Fat: 5.7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3.7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 11.2g
- Fiber: 0.5g
- Protein: 1.8g
- Cholesterol: 19mg