Half-Dipped Cookies

Instructions

• 1
  Prepare a large bowl, add 220 g of all-purpose flour, butter, powdered sugar, egg, and vanilla sugar, and work everything into a smooth, compact dough (similar to shortbread dough). Wrap the finished dough in plastic wrap, place it in the refrigerator, and let it rest for at least 2 hours.
• 2
  After resting, take the dough out of the refrigerator, preheat the oven to 180 °C, and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• 3
  Flour your work surface with 20 g of flour and roll out the dough on the floured surface to a thickness of about 3⁠–⁠4 mm using a rolling pin.
• 4
  Cut the rolled-out dough into rectangles with a knife or pastry wheel, or cut out any shapes you like. Arrange the pieces of dough on the prepared baking sheet, place it in the oven, and bake for 9⁠–⁠11 minutes at 175⁠–⁠180 °C.
• 5
  Remove the baked cookies from the oven and let them cool for about 15 minutes.
• 6
  Meanwhile, melt the chocolate: Take a medium-sized bowl, break the chocolate into it (or chop it into smaller pieces), place it in the microwave, and heat for 1⁠–⁠1.5 minutes at 750 W. Pause every 20⁠–⁠30 seconds and stir the chocolate to melt it evenly.
• 7
  Once the cookies have cooled, dip each one on one side into the melted chocolate. Then let the chocolate set on the cookies (this will take 20⁠–⁠25 minutes) and then serve.