For me, the ultimate Christmas biscuit classic is definitely the Mailänderli. Because even as a child, Mailänderli were simply part of Christmas and I was always happy to be able to help cut out the biscuits. Reason enough to share my favorite recipe for these fine biscuits with you.
Mailänderli
- 125 g butter (soft)
- 100 g of sugar
- 1 pinch of salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 lemon
- 300 g of flour
- 1 yolk
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Whisk the butter, sugar, and salt together in a bowl.
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Beat in one egg at a time and continue beating until the mixture becomes pale.
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Grate the lemon zest and add it.
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Now add the flour and knead everything into a dough. Then let it rest in the cold for 2 hours.
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Roll out on a little flour to a thickness of 7 mm and cut out the biscuits. Put the yolk on it and refrigerate the cookies for another 15 minutes.
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Then bake the biscuits in the center of a preheated oven at 200 degrees Celsius for 10 minutes.
