Food & Wine
Vanilla horseshoe biscuits
These traditional vanilla horseshoe biscuits from The Adriatic Kitchen are coated with vanilla sugar and baked and enjoyed in households around Croatia.
Ingredients:
- 250g butter
- 150g white sugar
- 1 egg
- 250g plain flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 200g ground
- Almonds
- 100ml milk
- Vanilla sugar
Method:
- Preheat the oven to 170°C and line a large baking tray with baking paper.
- Beat butter and the first quantity of sugar to a cream. Add the egg and beat well.
- In a small bowl, sift together the flour and baking powder.
- Add the ground almonds alternately with the milk and the flour mixture to the butter and sugar mixture.
- The dough should be firm enough to roll with your hands. If it is too soft (as may be the case if your butter has a high water content) you may need to add a little more flour.
- Shape teaspoon-sized pieces into small snakes by rolling in the palm of your lightly flour-coated hands, before twisting into a horseshoe shape.
- Place on the prepared baking tray and bake for 10–12 minutes until the biscuits are pale golden brown.
- Toss in vanilla sugar while the biscuits are still warm.
The Adriatic Kitchen is available from www.exislepublishing.com.au and wherever good books are sold.
Image credit: Tonia Hedley