Name: Viennese Biscuits
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 16 biscuits
Cuisine: Austrian, European
Ingredients: 4 ounces soft butter; 1 ounce sifted icing sugar; 5 ounces plain flour

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Viennese Biscuits

At a Glance

Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 10 minutes
Total: 20 minutes
Servings: 16 biscuits

Dietary

Vegetarian

Allergens

Milk
Wheat

soft melt in the mouth biscuits, I suppose originally from Vienna. So simple and economical, can be made in half an hour

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Equipment

Mixing bowl, sieve, large star piping bag, baking sheet, baking parchment, refrigerator

Ingredients

4 ounces soft butter
1 ounce sifted icing sugar
5 ounces plain flour

Instructions

Beat butter and sugar till pale.
To quicken it up slightly, beat over a bowl of hot water but not too much it shouldn't be runny Sift in flour.
Put mixture in a large star piping bag and pipe as you want.
Tradionally this should be tubes or whirls.
Chill for 15 minutes.
bake 10 minutes at 190°C.
They should not be brown, they stay pale.
When cool-- melt some chocolate, I use a mixture of 70% cocoa butter and ord.
milk use a small deep container (egg cup is good).
dip each tube or whirl in chocolate.
lay on baking parchment and set in fridge.
Great to serve with ice cream or my.
SUMMER AVALANCHE (posted too).
i'm drooling already!

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