Jan Hagel [a Dutch Almond Cookie]

Ingredients:-

Biscuit
100 gram sugar
2 egg yolks
250 gram butter
250 gram plain flour
50 gram corn flour
2 tbsp milk powder

Topping
2 egg yolks
4 tbsp sugar
50 gram slivered almond


Method:-

1) Beat the butter and sugar until soft. Add the egg yolks and bit again until soft. Add the plain flour, corn flour & milk powdered that have been sifted in together.
2) Flatten out the dough on biscuit sheet/tin (35cm x 25cm). Bake for about 20 minutes at 170C. Take it out and cut into 3 x 5cm pieces.
3) Brush the egg yolk on the biscuit then sprinkle on the mixture of sugar & almond. Bake further for approx 15 minutes or until the biscuits are cooked through.


[recipe from Kitchen Capers by Janny]