German Butter S cookies

My mom used to make these German cookies around X-mas time every year. Awesome! They are also great year round.

• Ready In: 3 hrs 9 mins
• Yields: 60-70 cookies

Ingredients

• Short Pastry Dough

• 400  g all-purpose flour
• 125  g sugar
• 250  g butter (unsalted)
• 1  egg
• 1  egg yolk
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1  lemon, grated peel

• Decoration

• 1  egg white
• 1⁄2 cup  coarse sugar

Directions

1. Mix Flower, sugar, vanilla, butter, lemon peels+ eggs all together to be mixed in food processor beat on high level, approx.
2. 3 minutes.
3. Knead dough w/yr hands until smooth+ gather dough into a ball.
4. Place dough 2 hours in refrigerator for resting.
5. Cover w/parchment paper.
6. Knead dough thoroughly, form sticks finger sized, place in S-form on baking tray (parchment paper for non sticking), let them go numb in the refrigerator.
7. Dip the upper side of formed and numbed Butter-S cookie dough into the egg white and than in coarse sugar.
8. Return to the tray.
9. Preheat+ cook at 350°F in oven, 8-10 minutes until light-yellow.
10. Let stand on bars until cool.
11. Store in a can (up to 3-4 weeks) on a cold place w/parchment paper between layers.