french butter cookies

Easy French recipe for the best salted, buttery biscuit (cookie) bases using just 6 easy-to-find ingredients and ideas for toppings

Palets Bretons - Salted French Butter Biscuits from Brittany

90 g (3 ounces) butter ((unsalted)* at room temperature)

75 g (2.5 ounces) sugar

salt

g (4 ounces) Plain flour ((all-purpose))

tsp baking powder

strawberries strawberries

200 ml (7fl oz) whipping cream (30% fat) (chilled)

Using a mixer, beat together the softened butter, sugar and salt until light and creamy.  Mix in the egg yolks then the flour and baking powder until a lovely soft dough forms. (If you don’t have a mixer or electric whisk, this can be done by hand in a large bowl).

Using the palm of your hands, roll the dough back and forward to create a sausage shape until the diameter is the size of your moulds (here I used mini muffin silicone moulds @5cm diameter). Wrap in cling film and chill in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, preheat oven to 180°C/360°F/160°C fan (gas mark 4)

Cut disks of 1.5cm (3/4 inch) and press them into the muffin moulds (unbuttered – there’s enough butter in the biscuits!)

Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes or until golden brown.

Leave to cool in the moulds then turn them out on to a baking rack, pretty side up.

Whip the cream in a chilled bowl until thickened and top with a strawberry or a few wild strawberries.

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Sablé Breton Cookies

Egg Yolks (at room temperature)

75 gr (3/4 cup) Icing Sugar

gr (7 tablespoons) Salted Butter (very soft)

175 gr (1 cup + 1 1/2 tablespoons) Plain / All-Purpose Flour

Baking Powder

Egg Yolk (for the Egg Wash - optional)

Take the butter out of the fridge at least 30 minutes before starting the recipe and pre-cut it into small cubes. The butter needs to be very soft, but not melted.

Seperate your Egg Yolks and Whites. Keep the Egg Whites in the fridge for another recipe.

In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the Egg Yolks and Icing Sugar for a couple of minutes or until smooth and pale.

Add the very soft Salted Butter and whisk (or mix with a stiff spatula) until you get a thick, soft mixture.

Sift in the Flour and Baking Powder. Work the dough with a stiff spatula or by hands to combine all the ingredients until you get a smooth cookie dough.

Transfer the dough between two sheets of baking paper and roll it with a rolling pin to be about 6 mm (1/4 inch) thick (see note 1). Place in the fridge to chill for at least 1 hour - or overnight.

Preheat your oven on 160&#39;C/325&#39;F. Prepare a baking tray lined with a baking mat or parchment paper (see note 2).

Remove baking paper and cut out the cookies with a round or fluted Cookie Cutter, about 6cm (2,5 inch) wide (see note 3). Transfer the Sablés Bretons Cookies over the baking tray (see note 4).

Optional: Use the back of a fork to create the cross pattern (if the fork sticks to the cookie, dip it in a little bit of water) then brush each cookie with the Egg Yolk for a golden finish.

Bake for 15 to 18 minutes or until golden. Take out of the oven and transfer over a cooling rack until completely cool. Store in an air-tight container at room temperature for up to 5 days.

Leftover dough can be re-rolled, chilled and baked.

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