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
27 min.	1 hour	20 min.	1 hour 47 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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