The last of the 2007 holiday trays are done and I am already thinking about next year. (Our trays have favorites but always include a few new recipes.) Planned to make these but never had a chance. Posting this so I don’t lose it in the next 49 weeks before holiday begins again. This recipe comes from “1000 Chocolate Recipes from Around the World” an encyclopedic volume which should be mandatory reading for us chocoholics.
Austrian cookie recipe from friends of my grandmother. Vanilla sugar and vanilla confectioners sugar is just sugar with the addition of one vanilla bean to the container. The longer the vanilla bean stays in the container with the sugar, the more vanilla flavor is absorbed by the sugar.
This is one of my Mom’s (Austrian) recipes that she would make on Special Occasions and Christmas…she always stressed that the dough had to rolled very thin..I use a German Measuring cup.. have not converted.. we always used Red Currant Jelly for filling.. tried others.. but liked this the most.. There were never any left.. and I have to hide these from my boys.. sounds a little time consuming but well worth the trouble!
Janosch is the famous author of the great stories about the little Tiger and the little bear. My mum send me shapes of my favorite childhood characters and this is the second of 2 recipes which came with them. You also find the other one on Zaar, it is Recipe #271114. Enjoy!
These are really special little biscuits (cookies). They have a shortbread type texture and are great with coffee or when you want to impress someone!
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