Vanilla mug biscuits with pistachios and lemon peel

Vanilla Mug Cookies with Pistachios

Name: Vanilla Mug Cookies with Pistachios
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 4 Portions
Cuisine: International
Ingredients: 300g Flour; 200g Butter, softened; 100g Powdered sugar; 1 Egg; 2tbsp. Lemon Peel, Chopped; 1pkg. Bourbon Vanilla Sugar; 250g Powdered sugar; 4tbsp. Lemon juice; 1 Handful of chopped pistachios

50—70 Min

Lemon Peel, Chopped

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.

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 Handful of chopped pistachios

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.