Vanilla Bars

Cream the butter and sugar in a bowl until smooth and fluffy.

Add the egg yolk, vanilla sugar and a pinch of salt and stir briefly.

Sift the flour over and quickly knead everything into a smooth dough.

Wrap the dough in cling film and chill in the fridge for 30–60 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 175 °C fan (190 °C conventional) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Roll the dough between two sheets of parchment to a rectangle about 5 mm thick.

Cut the dough with a knife into approx. 6 cm × 2 cm bars and place them with spacing on the sheet.

Bake the bars for 10–12 minutes until golden.

Remove the vanilla bars from the sheet and let them cool completely on a wire rack.