Vanilkové rohlíčky – Czech Vanilla Crescent Cookies
Vanilla crescents, Christmas cookies loved by the entire Czech Republic! Authentic vanilkové rohlíčky recipe.
Servings 70 crescents
Ingredients
- 2 and ⅓ cups (300 g) all-purpose flour
- ⅓ cup (40 g) powdered sugar
- 1 cup (100 g) ground nuts walnuts, blanched almonds
- 1 and ¾ stick (200 g) butter unsalted
- 2 egg yolks
- lemon zest
- vanilla essence
- vanilla-powdered sugar to coate rohlíčky
Instructions
- Knead the sifted flour, sugar, nuts, butter, yolks, and lemon zest into a smooth and compact dough.
- Wrap it in food folie and let it rest in a fridge for 2 hours minimum, but ideally overnight.
- Form a loaf about 2 inches / 5 cm in diameter, and slice it into equally-sized slices.
- Form stripes from them, shape them like crescents and bake on a tray lined with baking parchment at 340 °F / 170 °C (preheated oven) for 10-15 minutes. Baked rohlíčky should get light gold.
- Take the try with baked crescents out of the oven, let vanilkové rohlíčky rest for 5 minutes, and coat them in vanilla sugar.
Notes
- This recipe accounts for about 60-70 crescents.
- If you want your vanilkové rohlíčky more fine-grained, you can use ground blanched almonds or simply almond flour.
- Don’t knead the dough for rohlíčky too hard, the result should be soft and non-sticky.