American

Summary

Ingredients

For the dough:

• 200 g flour
• 0.5 teaspoon ½ baking soda
• 0.5 teaspoon ½ salt
• 75 ml buttermilk
• 0.5 teaspoon ½ vanilla extract
• 80 g butter, (soft)
• 100 g suar
• 1 large egg (s)

For the cast:

• 200 g powdered suar
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 0.25 teaspoon ¼ vanilla extract
• 20 g cocoa powder
• 2 Table spoons milk

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Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and line a baking sheet with baking paper.
2. Mix the flour, baking soda and salt. Mix the buttermilk with the vanilla extract in a small bowl. Mix the softened butter with the sugar for about 3 minutes until creamy, then add the egg and stir in well. Now alternately stir in the buttermilk / vanilla extract mixture with the flour mixture.
3. Then, with a tablespoon, put 6 piles of dough of the same size on the baking sheet, leaving enough space so that they run a little wide. Place in the preheated oven and bake for about 15-17 minutes, they should be golden brown in color. They should be firm in the middle if you press on them and make sure that the floor doesn`t get too dark. Remove and let cool on a wire rack.
4. For the icing, the powdered sugar is first mixed with the 1 tablespoon of milk, the lemon juice and the vanilla extract. If the whole thing is still a bit too firm, you can add a little milk. But it should be a thick, not too liquid mass. This is divided and placed under half of the cocoa and mixed with 1-2 tablespoons of milk. That should also be sluggish.
5. Half of it is now coated on an American with the black and the white cast. I always take a small cake palette to smooth out and then let the icing dry.
6. My Americans have to be a bit bigger, the dough is 6 pieces for me. Of course, you can also make smaller ones if you want.