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Mix the

thoroughly so that everything dissolves and combines well.

The

, however, you should knead quickly.

Working quickly is important here so that the butter does not become too runny and the dough becomes stickier.

Shape the finished dough into a ball and leave it wrapped in cling film in the

at least 2-3 hours.

Why do you do that?

So that the butter becomes firmer again and the dough can be processed better later.

Put the butter with the sugar and vanilla sugar in a bowl and stir the ingredients with the hand mixer or in the food processor until smooth.

Add the eggs and salt and stir in well.

Now add the flour in stages and knead it in, but quickly.

Shape the dough into a ball with your hands, wrap it in cling film and put the dough in the refrigerator for at least two hours.

You can also prepare the shortcrust pastry the evening before, store it in the refrigerator overnight and then bake the cookies the next day.

Take the dough out of the refrigerator and knead it a little soft so that it is easier to roll out.

Most amateur bakers traditionally roll out their dough on a floured worktop.

However, too much flour will make the dough too dry.

Instead, you can roll it out between two layers of parchment paper or on a silicone mat.

Cut the ball of dough into pieces and roll out in portions, keep the remaining pieces of dough in the refrigerator so they don't get too soft.

Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough from the center outwards.

It should be about half an inch thick.

Preheat the oven to 200 ° C top / bottom heat and line a tray with baking paper.

Now cut out the biscuits with molds of your choice, place them on the sheet with enough space and knead the leftover dough with fresh, cold dough.

Bake the cookies in the oven for about ten minutes on the middle rack.

Take the cookies out of the oven, let them cool on a wire rack and decorate them with melted couverture, icing, sprinkles and sugar pearls as desired.

For the

roll out the dough a little thinner than described above.

Poke out round or heart-shaped cookies and a hole about one centimeter in the middle of the cookies.

Bake the cookies for about seven minutes in the oven at 200 ° C top / bottom heat.

In the meantime, heat your favorite jam (for example strawberry or cherry) in a saucepan on the stove.

Take the cookies out of the oven and spread the jam on the ones without holes while they are still hot.

Place a cookie with a hole on it.

Sprinkle the

with powdered sugar and let them cool down completely.