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🍰 Grandma's Angel Eyes – The Best Cookies

321 kcal · 55 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 240 g flour
• 150 g butter
• 2 egg yolks
• 70 g powdered sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla sugar
• 1 lemon (finely grated zest (or 1 packet Citroback))
• 1 pinch salt
• Raspberry jam (and/or red currant jam)
• Baking paper (for the tray)
• Powdered sugar for dusting

Instructions

1. 1. Put all ingredients into the bowl of your mixer.
2. 2. Mix the ingredients with the dough hooks until you have a smooth dough.
3. 3. Place the bowl in the fridge for 1 to 2 hours.
4. 4. Line a baking sheet with baking paper.
5. 5. Preheat your oven to 200 degrees Celsius with top and bottom heat.
6. 6. Set the fan temperature to about 180 degrees Celsius if you use fan mode.
7. 7. Roll the dough into small balls.
8. 8. Place the dough balls on the prepared tray.
9. 9. Dip the handle of a cooking spoon in flour.
10. 10. Press a small indentation into each ball with it.
11. 11. Be careful not to poke all the way through the bottom of the ball.
12. 12. Stir the jam until smooth.
13. 13. Fill the jam into the indentations.
14. 14. Use a small spoon if you do not have a piping bag.
15. 15. Bake the cookies in the preheated oven for 10 to 15 minutes.
16. 16. Keep a close eye on the cookies.
17. 17. Take them out before they turn too dark.
18. 18. Let the cookies cool down completely.
19. 19. Dust the cooled cookies with powdered sugar.
20. 20. This recipe yields about 40 cookies.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 321
• Protein: 4 g · Fett/Fat: 19 g · Carbs: 36 g