Vanillegipfeli

Vanillegipfeli are tender, buttery, croissant-shaped cookies, dredged in vanilla icing sugar Originally from Vienna, and more commonly known as Vanillekipferl, these cookies are popular in many parts of Europe.

They are notoriously fickle, bursting with butter, and prone to breaking during the forming of the crescent. Work the dough too much and they lose their tenderness, but too little and the dough falls apart in your hands. Don’t chill enough and they spread wildly on your bakin