Breton shortcrust pastry
Description
Recipe for Breton shortcrust pastry is a basic recipe, from which you can make any baked good that uses shortcrust dough. Making the dough is very simple. Follow the step‑by‑step recipe and bake with pleasure. This amount of ingredients yields 12 cookies. Serve cooled or slightly warm.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients.
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Step 2
Beat the butter with granulated sugar for three minutes until smooth.
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Step 3
Add the egg yolk, vanilla (or vanilla sugar) to the butter with sugar and beat again.
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Step 4
Mix the flour with baking powder and coarse sea salt.
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Step 5
Add the flour mixture to the bowl with the butter mixture, and knead the dough.
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Step 6
Form a “sausage” out of the dough, wrap it in cling film, and place it in the freezer for 1 hour. Breton shortcrust pastry is ready. I decided to make cookies from it.
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Step 7
Sprinkle brown cane sugar onto a plate and roll the dough in it on all sides.
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Step 8
Carefully cut the dough into pieces about 5 mm thick.
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Step 9
Place the cookies on a baking sheet, spaced a little apart. Beat the remaining egg white and brush it onto the cookies.
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Step 10
Sprinkle the cookies on top with brown cane sugar, or simply dip the cookies in sugar. Instead of sugar, you can sprinkle the cookies with almond flakes.
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Step 11
Bake the cookies in an oven preheated to 180-200 °C for 10-12 minutes. Watch for doneness, the cookies bake very quickly.
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Step 12
Cookies made from Breton shortcrust dough are called “sablé”, which means “sandy”. They are very tasty, crumbly, with a pleasant buttery note in the flavor.