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Canestrelli Delicious Italian Cookies

Course Cookies, Desserts
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 60 cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour 130 g
  • 1/2 cup + 1 1/2 tbs corn starch 100 g
  • 2/3 cup butter cold, cut into pieces 150 g
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 3 egg yolks hard boiled (use just the yolks
  • lemon zest from 1/2 a lemon

Instructions

  • Place eggs in a pot and cover with cold water, heat until boiling, then remove from heat and let sit 8-10 minutes. Place under cold water. Remove shell when cooled, separate the white from yolk and mash just the yolk part, well with a fork.
  • In a food processor whisk together flour, sugar, salt, corn starch and zest, then add cold butter and vanilla, pulse a few times to mix, add egg yolks and pulse until almost combined, move to a lightly floured flat surface and knead gently until combined. Wrap in plastic wrap or parchment paper and refrigerate for at least an hour or two or even overnight.
  • Pre-heat oven to 335° (170° celsius). Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
  • Remove dough from fridge, on a lightly floured flat surface, start with rolling out half the dough to 1 centimeter thickness and cut with a small to medium size flower cookie cutter, using a straw or any small round hole cutter**, cut a hole in the middle of the flower. Place cut out flowers on prepared cookie sheets and bake for approximately 12 -14 minutes, cookies should not brown. Let cookies rest 5 minutes then move to wire racks to cool, then dust with powdered sugar. Enjoy!

Notes

Canestrelli Delicious Italian Cookies

Canestrelli a wonderfully delicious Italian Cookie, an almost shortbread type cookie but with a crunch, fast and easy. The perfect afternoon tea cookie.

**I used a small pastry tip.