Vanilla Mug Cookies with Pistachios
50—70 Min
Simple, crumbly mug cookies best enjoyed with a cup of coffee. Cut in a slit so you can balance them on the edge of your mug! Topped with chopped pistachios, these cookies really look something special. The vanilla adds a distinctive taste to the natural sweetness of the sugar.
- 🍰Baking
- 🌯Snack
- 🌏International
- 🥒Vegetarian
- 🥛Dairy
- 🌾Grain
- 🎄Christmas
- 🎅Christmas Pastries
- ☃️Pre-Christmas
- ❄️Winter
Ingredients 4 Portions
For the dough
- 300 gFlour
- 200 gButter, softened
- 100 gPowdered sugar
- 1 Egg
- 2 tbsp.Lemon Peel, Chopped
- 1 pkg.Bourbon Vanilla Sugar
For the icing and the topping
- 250 gPowdered sugar
- 4 tbsp.Lemon juice
- 1 pkg.Pistachios, Chopped
Preparation
- 1
Preheat the oven to 180°C (356°F).
- 2
Blend the flour, 100 g powdered sugar, egg, softened butter, Bourbon vanilla sugar and sliced lemon peel together well in a blender.
- 3
Then knead the dough by hand and shape it into a ball. Wrap plastic wrap around the dough and chill for 30 minutes.
- 4
After 30 minutes, roll the dough out thinly and cut out the cookies. Use a knife to cut a little slit into each cookie so that it can be placed onto the rim of a mug.
- 5
Place the cookies on a baking tray lined with baking parchment and bake using the fan setting for 12–15 minutes in an oven preheated to 180°C (356°F).
- 6
Meanwhile, mix the powdered sugar with the lemon juice to make smooth icing to glaze. Once cool brush the cookies with the glaze.
- 7
Then decorate with the chopped pistachios.