for 45 pieces

Dough

150 g	butter, soft, cut into pieces
130 g	sugar
1 parcel	vanilla sugar
1 pinch	salt
1	fresh egg yolk
2 tbsp	milk
300 g	white flour
1 tsp	baking powder

To shape

a little	white flour
50 g	shelled almonds
1	fresh egg white, beaten

How it's done

Dough

Place the butter, sugar, vanilla sugar and salt in a bowl, mix using the whisk on a mixer. Whisk in the egg yolk and milk, continue to whisk until the mixture becomes lighter in colour. Mix the flour and baking powder, add to the bowl, mix quickly to form a dough, flatten a little, cover and chill for approx. 1 hr.

To shape

On a lightly floured surface or between two sheets of baking paper, roll out the dough in batches to approx. 6 mm thick, cut into rectangles (approx. 3.5 x 5 cm). Brush the biscuits with egg white, place on two baking trays lined with baking paper, place an almond on top of each, press down gently.

To bake

Approx. 14 mins. per tray in the centre of an oven preheated to 180 °C. Remove from the oven, allow to cool slightly, leave the biscuits to cool completely on a rack.

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