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🍰 Checkerboard Cookies

198 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1. Separate the eggs. Save the egg whites for later use.
  2. 2. Cut the butter into small cubes.
  3. 3. Place the butter cubes, egg yolk, sugar, salt, vanilla sugar, flour, and baking powder into a bowl.
  4. 4. Mix the ingredients until you have a smooth dough.
  5. 5. Divide the dough into two equal halves.
  6. 6. Mix one half with cocoa powder and one tablespoon of water.
  7. 7. Place both dough portions in the refrigerator for about 2 hours.
  8. 8. Preheat the oven to 175 °C with top and bottom heat.
  9. 9. Sprinkle some flour on your work surface.
  10. 10. Shape the light dough into 5 rolls.
  11. 11. Shape the dark dough into 4 rolls.
  12. 12. Ensure that the rolls are about 1 cm thick.
  13. 13. Stack the rolls alternately in 3 rows on top of each other.
  14. 14. Make sure a checkerboard pattern is formed.
  15. 15. Wrap the entire dough log in cling film.
  16. 16. Place the dough log back in the refrigerator for another hour.
  17. 17. Slice the dough log into rounds of about 1 cm thickness.
  18. 18. Place the cookies on a baking sheet lined with baking paper.
  19. 19. Bake the cookies in the oven for about 15 minutes.
  20. 20. Let the cookies cool down.
  21. 21. Store the cookies in an airtight container.

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