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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Belgian >> Dutch

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. In a large bowl using an electric mixer beat sugar and butter until light (about 5 minutes). | 2. Beat in egg and vanilla. | 3. In a small bowl mix together flour, baking powder and salt; add to the creamed mixture JUST to combine. | 4. Divide the dough in half and gather each pieces into a ball, then flatten into a disc. | 5. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for a minimum of 2 hours or more, or freeze. | 6. Set oven to 325°F (second-lowest rack). | 7. Roll out one disc on a lightly floured surface to about 1/8-inch thickness. | 8. Using assorted cookie cutter cut out cookies and transfer to a ungreased cookie sheet, leaving 1-inch between cookies. | 9. Gather dough scraps and re-roll. | 10. Repeat with remaining dough disc. | 11. Bake cookies until pale golden (about 13 minutes). | 12. Transfer to racks and cool. | 13. Melt the white chocolate and spoon into a pastry bag (1/16-inch tip size) or just drizzle with a small spoon. | 14. Pipe the chocolate onto the cookies in a decorative pattern. | 15. Sprinkle lightly with very finely chopped almonds if desired, then let stand until the chocolate sets. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
sugar	1 1/2	cups	powdered	700.2	179.58599999999998	0.0	0.0
butter	1	cup		1368.0	62.856	42.744	115.2
egg	1			71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755
vanilla	2 1/2	teaspoons		30.24	1.3283	0.0063	0.0063
flour	2 1/2	cups		1445.7	316.5135	23.5025	5.609
baking powder	1	teaspoon		2.438	1.2742	0.0	0.0
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
white chocolate	4 -5	ounces	melted	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
almond			chopped	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.