Vanilla Crescents – Germany
Vanilla Crescents – Germany
100g butter, at room temperature
100g plain flour
25g fine corn meal
65g ground almonds
50g icing sugar
1 large egg yolk
1 vanilla pod
100g white caster sugar
Preheat oven to 180C. Cormbine the butter, flour and corn meal until it resembles breadcrumbs. Add the almonds, icing sugar and egg and mix until it forms a dough. Shape into a log, wrap in cling film and place in the fridge for about an hour. Split the vanilla pod and mix into the caster sugar. Remove the wrap from the dough and cut into 25 pieces. Roll each piece into log shapes, pinch each end and bend into a crescent shape [banana] Place on baking trays and bake for about 15 mins until golden brown. Dust liberally with the vanilla sugar.