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a salt & butter affair
Prep Time45 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Servings: 30 cookies
ingredients:
  • 150 g salted French butter
  • 1 - 2 tsp salt - optional -
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 200 g sugar
  • 225 g all-pupose flour
  • 2 - 4 tsp baking powder
for the top:
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tbsp cold water
equipment:
  • handheld electric mixer
how to:
  • Combine butter & salt.
  • Mix egg yolks & sugar w/ your haldheld electric mixer until fluffy.
  • Add butter-salt mess & mix thoroghly.
  • Add flour & baking powder & mix. Afterwards knead the dough w/ your hands.
  • Divide the dough into 2 & place each part on cling foil. Roll in cling foil until round.
  • Place in the fridge (fresh department at almost 0° C!) for about 30 min.
  • Preheat the oven to 160° C w/ fan.
  • Line 2 baking sheets w/ baking parchment.
  • Cut the dough rolls into slices of about 5 - 6 mm & arrange on the baking sheets.
  • Mix egg & water & brush the cookies w/ the egg wash.
  • Bake for about 15 min. Afterwards let them cool properly before storing in a container.
Notes
Salt: If you only use salted butter there will be a fine salty background in the cookies. If using additionally 2 tsp salt the cookies will be very salty. Adjust to your taste!
Baking powder: If using 4 tsp baking powder the cookies will get very fluffy & crispy. If using only 2 tsp baking powder the cookies will be somewhat more compact, but also fluffy & crispy. Adjust to you taste!
Fridge: If there isn’t any fresh department in your fridge you’ll have to wait for 1 h before proceeding. So Prep Time will be 1 h 15 min.