Description
This famous sweet biscuit literally translates into american, referring to the gis baking this biscuit in germany after ww ii.
It has a fluffy soft texture and a wonderfully vanilla taste. Typically it is covered with a lemon icing (and i will give that option here), but i like it way better without. So do as you please. 🙂
Ingredients
- Butter
- Sugar
- Vanilla
- Eggs
- Milk
- Flour
- Starch
- Baking Powder
- Icing Sugar
- Lemon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180c / 350f
- In a big bowl cream butter, sugar and vanilla
- Little by little add the milk and the eggs
- In a second bowl mix flour, baking powder and starch
- Add to the butter-mixture and stirr in until just blended
- Using 2 tablespoons drop 6 heaps of dough onto each paper-lined baking sheet
- Make sure to leave enough space in between the heaps as dough will spread during baking
- Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown
- Transfer to a wire-rack and allow to cool
- If using the glaze stir together icing sugar and lemon juice and spread this onto the even side of the amerikaner
- Idea: for children you can spread the curved side of the biscuit with a chocolate icing and stick slivered almonds into them to make them appear like little hedgehogs
- 🙂