In a mixing bowl combine the dry ingredients first, white flour, Sugar and Vanilla sugar. Mix it well!
Make a well and add the soft Butter in pieces, the whole egg and the tiny dash of water. Just break the egg a bit so that it incorporates better when mixing.
Now, mix the whole content well, I use my hands at this point. Work the dough out with your hands. It should be hard but the ingredients should be well incorporated!
Keep the dough for about 1 h in fridge to cool. We do that, so that the dough will be easier to handle while rolling out.
Roll the dough 3 mm thick out (use some flour every now and then so that it won’t stick on the board); grab any Cookie cutter that you would like to use and cut out your cookies. Do that with the rest of the dough.
Preheat the oven for a few minutes to 180 C.
Place them on a baking tray and bake them at 180 C. for about 15 minutes or until they start getting a slight yellow colour.
Keep them to cool and serve them plain or simply add some jam or chocolate on one cookie and close it with another to make a cookie sandwich.
Store them by laying out baking paper into an air tight box. Fill the box with the cookies; place another sheet of baking paper on top and some Apple peels on top of that. Close the box and store in a cool dry place. The apple peel is added so to keep them crisp and in the same time it gives it a nice aroma when opening the box.
Recipe by The Lady 8 Home at https://www.thelady8home.com/1969/