Vanillekipferln (German Almond Crescent Cookies) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 vanilla beans
110 g icing sugar
250 g flour
1 pinch salt
210 g butter
100 g ground almonds
icing sugar, for sprinkling on the finished cookies (optional)

Preparation

Cut the vanilla beans lenthwise and scrape out the cream.
Mix the vanilla cream together with the sugar.
Sift flour and add salt, cut in butter, 70g of the homemade vanilla sugar and the almonds.
Work to form a smooth dough.
Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours.
Preheat oven to 175\u00b0C or 350\u00b0F (only approx.) Roll the dough into a long sausage, approximately 1 cm (1/2\") thick.
Cut off every 7 cm (3\") and bend to form a half-moon.
Bake on a parchment paper lined baking sheet at 175\u00b0C for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown.
Carefully remove the Kipferln from the baking sheet.
While still warm roll in remaining vanilla sugar.
Let cool.
Sprinkle with sifted icing sugar.
(opt.).