Viennese Biscuits

Ingredients:

500 gr Butter
90 gr caster sugar
55 gr icing sugar
vanilla pod or essence
560 gr flour


Directions

1. 1

   Beat butter and sugar till pale.

2. 2

   To quicken it up slightly, beat over a bowl of hot water but not too much it shouldn't be runny Sift in flour.

3. 3

   Put mixture in a large star piping bag and pipe as you want.

4. 4

   Tradionally this should be tubes or whirls.

5. 5

   Chill for 15 minutes.

6. 6

   bake 10 minutes at 190°C.

7. 7

   They should not be brown, they stay pale.

8. 8

   When cool-- melt some chocolate, I use a mixture of 70% cocoa butter and ord.

9. 9

   milk use a small deep container (egg cup is good).