Schwäbische Butter-S (Swabian butter S biscuits)

Name: Schwäbische Butter-S (Swabian butter S biscuits)
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 36 min
Total time: 81 min
Yield: 50 servings
Ingredients: 250 g plain flour (type 405); 150 g butter or margarine; 100 g sugar; 1 pack vanilla sugar; 1 pinch salt; 1 tsp grated lemon zest (unwaxed); 2 piece egg yolks; 1 piece egg yolk for glazing; 1 tbsp milk; 3 tbsp pearl sugar

A traditional German bake from Baden-Württemberg: in Swabia, Butter-S are rolled into little S shapes by hand and belong on every Christmas biscuit plate. Under the glossy egg yolk crust and the crunch of pearl sugar there is a short pastry that melts on the tongue. The recipe makes about 50.

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Cook time

81 min

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Servings

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Ingredients

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Nutrition

per serving

54 kcal

Calories

1 g

Protein

3 g

Fat

6 g

Carbs

Ingredients

For 50 servings

Estimated cost~€1.85 · ~€0.05/serving

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Instructions

1
Quickly knead the flour, the cold butter or margarine in pieces, the sugar, the vanilla sugar, the salt, the grated lemon zest and the two egg yolks to a smooth shortcrust pastry.
2
Press the dough flat, wrap it in cling film and chill it.
3
Preheat the oven to 180 °C conventional heat and line three baking trays with baking paper.
4
Roll the dough into pencil-thick strands about 8 cm long and lay them on the trays as S shapes, spaced well apart.
5
Whisk the egg yolk for glazing with the milk, brush the pieces thinly with it and scatter over the pearl sugar.
6
Bake the trays one after another on the middle shelf until the biscuits are golden.
7
Let the Butter-S firm up briefly on the tray and then leave them to cool completely on a wire rack.