Sprits or Viennese Shortbread are small biscuits

Sprits or Viennese Shortbread are small biscuits that are both crispy and melt-in-the-mouth, they can be kept for several days in an airtight container.

Ingredients

• 200g flour
• 175g butter
• 70g icing sugar
• 30g egg white
• A pinch of salt
• 1 sachet of vanilla sugar
• Chocolate for decoration

Preparation

1. Preheat the oven to 160°.
2. Start by creaming the icing sugar, the butter, the sachet of vanilla sugar and the salt with a mixer at maximum speed for about 3 minutes.
3. The mixture should whiten and become creamy.
4. Add the egg white and whisk for another minute at maximum speed.
5. Now add the flour by hand. It is with a spatula that you will have to incorporate it, but without mixing too much.
6. Fill a pocket with the dough.
7. Pipe the cookies onto the baking sheet. Normally you have to make a “W” shape.
8. Bake for around 15 mins. This cooking time will have to be adapted according to the size.
9. Let them cool on a rack as soon as they come out of the oven, sliding them, because, as I have just explained, you cannot handle them hot.
10. If you want to add a touch of chocolate, when the cookies are very cold, melt the chocolate for 4 minutes in the microwave at 400W, and dip half of the cookie each time.
11. Note: The sprits can be kept for several days in an airtight box.