Diamond biscuits

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 25 pieces, you will need:

• 1 100 g butter
• 2 40 g icing sugar
• 3 10 g vanilla sugar
• 4 125 g flour
• 5 50 g granulated sugar
• 6 20 g beaten egg
• Total weight: 345 grams

Times:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
30 min.	1 hour	20 min.	1 hour 50 min.

Step by step recipe

• 1: Put into a mixer bowl: 100 g butter, 40 g icing sugar and 10 g vanilla sugar.
• 2: Mix until the consistency is creamy.
• 3: Add 125 g flour.
• 4: Beat again until evenly mixed.
• 5: Roll the dough into a long sauusage...
• 6: ... and wrap tightly in plastic film.
  Even up the cylinder by rolling with your hands on the worktop until nice and even.
  Refrigerate for at least 1 hour (this can be made the day before).
• 7: Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).
  Put 50 g granulated sugar in a rectangular dish.
• 8: Lightly dampen the sausage of dough and roll in the granulated sugar, pressing to help the crystals stick.
• 9: Slice the dough into discs 1/4 inch (1/2 cm) thick and arrange on a baking sheet lined with a sheet of cooking parchment.
• 10: Use a brush to glaze the tops of the biscuits.
• 11: Bake for 15-20 minutes.
• 12: Leave to cool on a wire rack.

Remarks

If you don't have vanilla sugar, you can add the seeds from half a vanilla pod at stage 1.

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