Lard Cookies

Ingredients

• 125 g butter
• 200 g lard
• 200 g sugar
• 400 g flour
• 2 packets vanilla sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 tsp elk horn salt
• 20 ml rum
• 2 tbsp cocoa powder

Instructions

1. 1.

   Heat lard and butter together, remove from heat and let cool slightly.

2. 2.

   Combine flour, sugar, vanilla sugar, and salt in a bowl.

3. 3.

   Dissolve elk horn salt in rum and add to the fat mixture, then knead into a smooth dough.

4. 4.

   Divide the dough in half; fold cocoa powder into one portion.

5. 5.

   Shape small balls (~2 cm) from both doughs, place on parchment-lined baking sheet, press lightly with finger so edges crack slightly.

6. 6.

   Bake in preheated oven at 200°C for about 15 minutes, remove and cool.