spitzbuben

After a while 'on the run right back for Christmas to wish everyone with this traditional Christmas cookie of South Tyrol, the Spitzbuben or bull's eye, quite fabulous, is that with raspberry jam, apricot. You can use the molds decorated, that is, instead of the inner circle you can 'use the little heart-shaped or star, and then they are really perfect, but I had too much urgency to do it and I am satisfied with the simple form obtained a cup of tea (the outer circle) and a small glass of grappa (the inner circle) :)

Good preparation and merry Christmas to all!


For about 16 biscuits rather large

Ingredients:

125 grams of butter
125 g of icing sugar
1 sachet of vanilla
¼ grated lemon rind
1 pinch of salt
1 tablespoon rum
1 egg yolk
300 g of flour
½ packet of baking powder
2 tablespoons milk
raspberry jam or apricot to spread
icing sugar for dusting

Preparation:

Mix the flour with your hands, cut the butter into cubes and sugar, creating a flour.
Stir in the vanilla, grated lemon zest, salt and rum.
Combine egg yolk and mixing the baking powder, and mix well with the help of milk.
Shape into a ball and cover with plastic wrap to let it rest in the fridge for about 1 hour.

Roll out the dough (about 3 / 4 mm), with crop circles and rings in the molds and bake at 180 degrees for 8 minutes.
To cool the cookies and spread the jam on the circle, while the ring-shaped biscuits, sprinkle with powdered sugar, then place them on cookie sprinkled with jam.

Perhaps accompanied by a fruity taste infused steaming!