Boterkoek (dutch Butter Cake)

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 250 g all-purpose flour
• 125 g confectioners' sugar
• 225 g very cold hard butter
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 egg, lightly beaten

Recipe

• 1 butter a 8" springform pan.
• 2 pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees f.
• 3 sift flour and sugar in a bowl.
• 4 add butter, salt, and vanilla.
• 5 cut the butter into small pieces and knead lightly with a cool hand or utensil until it holds together.
• 6 don't work too much.
• 7 it needs to stay cold.
• 8 (this works well in the food processor- then i use frozen butter) press mixture quickly into bottom of spring form pan.
• 9 brush the top with the egg.
• 10 place the pan just below the middle of the oven and bake about 30 minutes or until it's a golden brown.
• 11 cool in the pan, release the spring, and remove cake.
• 12 serve in thin slices- it is rich!