Vegan Xmas vanilla cookies

Name: Vegan Xmas vanilla cookies
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 100 min
Ingredients: 200 g margarine; 60 g sugar; 250 g all-purpose flour; 1 pinch of salt; 100 g ground almonds; ¼ tsp vanilla powder; 100 g powdered sugar; 24 g vanilla sugar

These vanilla Xmas cookies are popular in many European countries and go by various traditional names, such as Vanillekipferl in Austria, Vaniljekranse in Denmark, and Qurabiya in Greece. This recipe shows you how to make easy and delicious vanilla cookies without eggs or butter.

Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 10 minutes
Wait time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 40 minutes

Ingredients

Servings: 50

200 g

margarine
60 g

sugar
250 g

all-purpose flour
1 pinch

of salt
100 g

ground almonds
¼ tsp

vanilla powder
100 g

powdered sugar
24 g

vanilla sugar

Instructions

Warm up the margarine until melted and then mix with the sugar.
In a bowl, mix the flour, salt, ground almonds, and vanilla powder. Add the margarine-sugar mix and combine using a hand mixer for about 3 minutes. Wrap the pastry in plastic foil and put in the fridge for at least 1 hour.
Preheat the oven at 180 °C (top and bottom elements).
Take the pastry out of the fridge and roll it out onto a lightly floured surface in a 4-cm thick layer. Cut out half-moon shapes with a cookie cutter or cut into 1-cm wide stripes and shape them into half moons.
Put the half- moon cookies on a baking tray that is lightly oiled or covered with baking paper .
Put the vegan vanillekipferl into the oven and bake for 10-12 minutes until golden.
In the meantime, mix the vanilla sugar with the powdered sugar.
Take the vanillekipferl out of the oven and dust the sugar mixture over them while still hot. Allow to cool and remove from the tray.