Vanilla Flower Cookies (FLEURS DE VANILLE)
Small, crisp vanilla cookies shaped with cookie cutters
Ingredients
soft butter
100 g
superfine icing sugar
100 g
egg yolk
1
plain flour
175 g
milk
1 tsp
vanilla extract
1 tsp
Instructions
1
Make the dough
Cream the butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy. Add the egg yolk and beat again. Add the flour, then stir in the milk and vanilla extract. Knead briefly until the dough is smooth and even.
2
Prepare the trays
Chill the trays in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes. This will firm up the dough and prevent the cookies from losing their shape during baking.
3
Press out the cookies
Fill the barrel of a cookie press almost to the top with dough, then screw on the plunger. Press out the cookies onto the trays, leaving plenty of space between them.
4
Bake
Bake in the oven for about 15 minutes, until the cookies begin to colour.
5
Cool
Leave to cool on the trays for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack.
