This is a traditional Swiss recipe for Mailanderli, delicate lemon-flavored butter cookies, that is popular in many cantons throughout Switzerland. It’s a pretty standard recipe, and you’ll find this very same recipe on many international cooking websites.
Ingredients: [‘butter’, ‘sugar’, ‘egg yolks’, ‘vanilla’, ‘all-purpose flour’, ‘lemons%2c zest of’, ‘egg’]
Quantity of Ingredients: [“1 lb unsweetened butter, softened “,”1 cup sugar”,”6 egg yolks”,”1 tablespoon vanilla”,”5 cups all-purpose flour”,”2 lemons, zest of”,”1 egg”]
Number of Servings: 38
Steps: [‘Preheat oven to 325°F’, ‘In a bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Add egg yolks, vanilla, and lemon zest, and mix well. Gradually add flour while stirring. Chill.’, ‘Roll out dough to 1/4-inch thickness, and cut into desired shapes.’, ‘Beat remaining egg, and brush each cookie with the beaten egg. Place cookies on a parchment-lined baking sheet, and bake for 20-24 minutes or until lightly golden.’]