CANESTRELLI DELICIOUS ITALIAN COOKIES

CANESTRELLI DELICIOUS ITALIAN COOKIES

CANESTRELLI ARE A WONDERFULLY DELICIOUS ITALIAN COOKIE, AN ALMOST SHORTBREAD TYPE COOKIE BUT WITH A CRUNCH, FAST AND EASY. THE PERFECT AFTERNOON TEA COOKIE. 

Canestrelli Delicious Italian Cookies

Prep Time 20 mins

Cook Time 15 mins

chilling time 2 hrs

Total Time 35 mins

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Italian

Keyword: crunchy and buttery cookie, fast and easy Italian Cookie Recipe

Servings: 60 cookies

Calories: 38 kcal

Author: Rosemary / An Italian in my Kitchen

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour 150 grams
• 1/2 cup + 1 1/2 tablespoons powdered sugar 75 grams
• pinch salt
• 3/4 cup + 2 tablespoons corn starch 100 grams
• 2/3 cup cold butter cut into pieces 150 grams
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 2.10 grams
• 3 hard boiled egg yolks (just the yolks)
• zest 1/2 lemon

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Instructions

1. 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 and mash well with a fork.
2. 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.
3. Pre-heat oven to 335° (170° celsius). Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
4. 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!

**I used a small pastry tip.

If you don't have a food processor than just make the dough by hand following the same steps.

full recipe: https://anitalianinmykitchen.com/canestrelli