French shortbread cookies
Description
It pairs perfectly with tea and coffee. This French biscuit gets its name from the town of Sable‑sur‑Sart, where it was first made in 1670. The biscuits are very easy to make. You can omit cocoa from the dough and it will still be tasty. If you want a softer biscuit, add baking powder; if you want it crunchy, don’t add any. You can shape the biscuits in any form, but for “Sable” the classic shape is exactly this.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients for making cookies.
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Step 2
Place the softened butter into a bowl and add powdered sugar.
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Step 3
Beat the butter with powdered sugar using a mixer, then add a couple of pinches of baking powder.
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Step 4
Place the egg white in a bowl.
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Step 5
Whisk the egg white with a mixer until soft peaks form and add a tablespoon of powdered sugar.
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Step 6
Whisk the egg white with powdered sugar.
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Step 7
Place the beaten egg white into a bowl with butter and powdered sugar, and mix.
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Step 8
Pour cocoa and flour into a bowl.
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Step 9
Mix the cocoa with flour.
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Step 10
Gradually add the cocoa and flour mixture to the dough.
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Step 11
Knead a sufficiently thick but elastic dough. It’s convenient to do this using a mixer.
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Step 12
Using a pastry bag fitted with a star tip, pipe the dough onto the baking sheet in the shape of the English letter W.
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Step 13
Bake the cookies in the oven at 180 degrees for 15–20 minutes. Baking time depends on your oven.
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Step 14
The fragrant, delicate and tasty French sablé cookie is ready.
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Step 15
Serve the cookies with tea, coffee, milk, or compote.