CANTUCCI (Chef Alessandra - Italy)

CANTUCCI (Chef Alessandra - Italy)

Ingredients : 

500g flour 

150g butter 

350g sugar 

4 eggs 

1 packet of baking powder
250g whole almonds  a pinch of salt
1 packet vanilla sugar 

Preparation: 

Mix the butter with the sugar, salt and vanilla sugar until get a soft cream. Add the eggs one at a time, then the flour, almonds and finally the baking powder. 

Put the mixture into a pastry bag, and form small loaves lined on a baking tray covered with baking paper. 

Sprinkle the surface with the sugar, then bake at 200 °C for about 12 minutes. 

Remove from the oven and using a sharp knife slice rectangles crosswise into 2 cm slices. 

Place them back on the baking tray and bake again in the oven for 5 minutes.