Vanilla-flavored petits fours are small, delicious pastries often served with tea or coffee. Here’s an easy recipe to make these tender treats:

Ingredients:

For the dough:

  • 200 g soft butter
  • 150g sugar
  • 1 packet of vanilla sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 250 g flour
  • 1 teaspoon Baking powder
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 100 ml milk

For the vanilla glaze:

  • 200g powdered sugar
  • 2 Table spoons of milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

For decoration:

  • Colorful icings
  • Chilled marzipan roses or flowers

Directions:

Step 1: Prepare Dough:

  1. In a bowl, mix the soft butter with the sugar and vanilla sugar until creamy.
  2. Add the eggs one at a time and mix well.
  3. Mix the flour, baking powder and salt and stir into the dough alternately with the milk.

Step 2: Bake:

  1. Pour the dough into a greased baking pan and bake at 180 degrees Celsius for about 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
  2. Let the baked dough cool and cut into small squares.

Step 3: Prepare vanilla icing:

  1. Mix powdered sugar, milk and vanilla extract into a smooth glaze.

Step 4: Glaze and Decorate:

  1. Spread the small squares of dough with the vanilla glaze.
  2. Decorate immediately with colorful icing and cooled marzipan roses or flowers.

Step 5: Let dry:

  1. Let the petits fours dry in a cool place until the glaze sets.

Tip:

  • Use food coloring to add different colors to the icing and create a colorful selection.

These vanilla-flavored petits fours are not only delicious but also pretty to look at. They are perfect for special occasions, tea times or as a thoughtful gift. Bon appetit!