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Sunday, 9 March 2008

Butterbredele (Butter Biscuits) from Alsace

This is the most traditional ones. Makes 60.

2 cup flour, 1/2 cup sugar, 125 g. butter, 4 egg yolks.
Eggs wash : 1 egg yolk diluted in a bit of milk.
Sift flour and dig a pool in it. Add sugar, egg yolks and diced butter in this pool.
Cover with flour and combine everything. Shape dough into a ball and leave for 2 hours.
Roll out on a lightly floured surface to 5mm thickness. Cut into pieces with a cookie cutter.
Brush surface of biscuits with egg wash. Place on a greased oven tray and bake at 180°C for 5 to 10 minutes.
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