Whole Grain Cookies

Ingredients

• 200 g butter
• 100 g Raw sugar
• 2 tbsp Maple syrup
• 1 Vanilla bean
• 200 g wheat whole grain flour
• 125 g wheat flour (Type 550)
• 0.5 tsp Baking powder
• 1 tbsp wheat bran
• 1 pinch cinnamon
• 1 pinch salt

Instructions

1. 1.

   Beat butter with sugar and maple syrup until fluffy. Split the vanilla bean lengthwise and scrape out the seeds with a knife. Mix vanilla seeds with both flours, baking powder, wheat bran, cinnamon, and salt. Then knead into a smooth dough with the butter-sugar mixture.

2. 2.

   Roll the dough to about 2 mm thickness on a lightly floured surface if needed, then cut into oak leaf shapes with a cookie cutter. Use a pin to trace the vein lines of each leaf. Chill the whole grain cookies in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes.

3. 3.

   Place the cookies on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C (fan‑forced 160 °C; gas: level 2–3) for 10–15 minutes. Remove from the pan with the parchment paper and let cool.