Waffle Butter Cookies
These fabulous cookies made with a fabulous waffle-mold are incredibly addictive to eat! The recipe stems from Pierre Hermé's book 'Desserts'. The cookie dough is like any other great butter cookie recipe only it has a bit more saltiness to it, which makes it very very addictive to eat. I usually make two logs: one that I bake, and the other that I keep refrigerated to eat raw cookie dough from time to time. Embarrasingly so. But I promise you, you will do the exact same thing when you make them!
The waffle-mold was sent to me by Silikomart, and you can find products like these on kookwinkel.nl, among others. It can also be used as a chocolate mold, which is very handy too. I pressed the cold, unbaked dough into the mold and 15 minutes of oven later, they came out perfectly! Rating: 4.5 out of 5.
Breton Sand Cookies: Pierre Hermé - Desserts
Ingredients:
- 2 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 2 sticks (8 ounces) unsalted butter, softened
- ¾ cup + 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 5 large eggs yolks, lightly beaten
Instructions:
- Sift the flour and baking powder together and set aside for the moment. Working in a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter until it is soft and smooth. Add the sugar in a slow, steady stream, followed by the salt, and continue to beat, scraping the bowl as needed, for about 3 minutes, or until the mixture is light, pale and fluffy. Add the yolks and beat to incorporate. At this point, the mixture should be light, creamy and satiny. Remove the bowl from the mixer and, working with a large rubber spatula, fold in the sifted dry ingredients, taking special care not to overwork the dough.
- Divide the dough in half and, working on a smooth surface, such as marble, mold each half into a log with a diameter of about 1 ½ inches and a length about 8 inches. The dough is going to be baked inside muffin tins, so you might have to adjust the thickness of the logs to the size of the tins: the logs should be about ¼ to ½ inch slimmer than the muffin cups. Wrap each log in a double thickness of plastic wrap and chill for at least 4 hours.
- Center a rack in the oven and preheat the oven to 325°F. Set out one or two muffin tins.
- Unwrap one log and, using a sturdy chef’s knife, slice the log into ⅓- to ½-inch-thick cookies. Put one slice of dough in each cup of the muffin tins. Bake the cookies for 12 to 15 minutes, or until they are just firm. These cookies are meant to be pale don’t let them brown: it’s okay if the bottoms are lightly browned, but the tops should remain uncolored. Transfer the cookies to a rack to cool. Repeat with the remaining dough.
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