Separate the egg yolk and white.

Grate the skin of lemon and keep it aside. 3)Beat well the egg yolk, sugar and vanilla sugar.

Beat well the egg white and salt in a separate bowl.

Add this beaten egg white to egg yolk mixture slowly and mix well.

Add maida and baking powder. Mix well with a hand mixer or with hand. It will be a dough a little more watery than chappathi dough. 7)Add grated lemon skin, vanilla flavor and almonds to it. Mix well with hand.

Now preheat the baking oven to 175ª Celsius. By the time, oven gets heated, take a small ball of this dough in hand and roll it into small pipes of 3 cm thickness.

Repeat the same with the remaining dough. Keep these in the baking tray a bit distance apart (when it gets baked, it expands a little bit).

Bake for 25-35 minutes. It will be ready when the top part changes to light brown. Now take the cookies out and cut it diagonally into 1 inch long pieces.

Cookies are ready and it tastes good with coffee/tea.