A lemon-flavored cutout cookie brushed with egg for a golden color. Very traditional in Switzerland.
Ingredients
1 pound unsweetened butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
6 large egg yolks
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
5 cups all-purpose flour
zest of 2 lemons
1 large egg
Directions
- Preheat oven to 325F. Cream together butter and sugar. Add egg yolks, vanilla, and lemon zest and mix well. Gradually add flour while stirring. Chill. Roll out 1/4″ thick and cut in shapes desired. Beat remaining egg, brush each cookie with beaten egg. Place on parchment-lined baking sheet and bake for 24 minutes or until lightly golden.
Notes
- Alternate spelling: Mailänderli.
- Photo by chriscom cc.