Spritzgebäck butter biscuits
Butter biscuits shaped with a biscuit press. One serving is one biscuit.
Active time1 h
Cooking30 min
Total2 hResting : 1 h
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Ingredients
- 1 cup of butter
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 and a quarter cups of wheat flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- 0.667 cup of icing sugar
Preparation
Reserve a little of the measured butter to grease the trays. Allow the rest to soften, then beat with the icing sugar until light.
1 cup of butter0.667 cup of icing sugar- mixing bowl
- mixer
Separate the required yolk from its white. Beat in the egg, egg yolk and vanilla extract.
1 egg yolk1 egg1 tsp vanilla extract- mixer
Sift together the flour, salt and baking powder, then gradually incorporate into the egg mixture.
2 and a quarter cups of wheat flour½ tsp baking powder¼ tsp salt- sieve
- mixing bowl
Refrigerate the dough for 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 200 °C. Put a quarter of the dough into a biscuit press. Keep the remaining dough chilled. Use the press to shape 48 biscuits onto baking trays lightly greased with a little of the measured butter.
- baking tray
- biscuit press
- oven
Bake each tray for 8 to 10 minutes at 200 °C, until lightly golden.
- oven
- baking tray
Leave to cool for 20 minutes on a wire rack before storing in an airtight container.
- cooling rack
- airtight containers
Allergens
- Eggs
- Gluten
- Milk
Sources and credits
Photo: Au Menu — created with ImageGen at Roch’s request · Editorial permission from Roch for Au Menu; OpenAI terms
Au Menu · AI-generated illustration
Recipe translated and adapted from Wikibooks and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Adaptation éditoriale : Correction demandée par Roch le 2 novembre 2026 : préparation explicite et cuisine simple. Relecture IA, sans essai en cuisine.
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