Step 1

Sift flour with baking powder, add chopped butter, sugar, vanilla sugar, pinch of salt, eggs and grated lemon peel from 1 lemon.

Step 2

Mix to combine and knead into the dough.Wrap the dough with plastic wrap and let it sit for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.On a working desktop or a silicone mat sprinkled with sugar roll out with a rolling pin 5 mm thick dough.

Step 3

Brush with water and sprinkle with sugar. With a palm of your hand lightly press sugar into the dough.

Step 4

Cut into desired shapes with a cookie cutter.

Step 5

Place cookies onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking sheet.

Step 6

Bake 10 - 12 minutes at 180 C. They are done when the ends become slightly golden.Cool and put in a tightly closed metal container. They will keep for several weeks.