Wachau Hearts
Ingredients
- 2 cups 250 g Flour
- 1¼ cups 150 g Confectioner’s sugar
- 1 stick plus 2½ tbsp 150 g Butter
- 4 tsp 20 g Vanilla sugar
- 1 Egg
- About 1¼ cup 150g apricot marmalade for brushing
- About 150g milk couverture chocolate for dipping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 340 °F (170 °C).
- Coat the butter in the flour.
- Knead to a smooth dough with the confectioner’s sugar, vanilla sugar, and egg.
- Chill briefly.
- Roll out to about 3mm thick and cut out heart with a cookie cutter.
- Place the hearts on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake for about 10 minutes.
- After cooking, brush half of the hearts with marmalade and place a plain heart on top of each one.
- Melt the chocolate and dip each heart halfway.