French Biscuits "Sable" (Perfect Shortbread Biscuits)

The recipe for the perfect homemade shortbread cookie! French cookies “Sable” are tender, crumbly, with a pleasant creamy taste, and just melt in your mouth! 🙂

Summary

Ingredients

• Wheat flour – 160 g
• Butter (room temperature) – 115 g
• Powdered sugar – 50 g
• Chicken egg – 1 pc.
• Salt – 0.25 teaspoon
• Sugar – for sprinkling cookies

Instructions

1. French sable cookies: I stir the butter at room temperature with a spoon for about 1 minute, so that the butter becomes creamy, smooth and smooth.
2. I sift the icing sugar and add salt. Stir for a couple of minutes, until smooth.

   

3. I separate the white from the yolk. The yolk is put into the oil mixture, while I put the egg white. I mix well.
4. Sift flour into the resulting mass. I knead shortbread dough, you don’t need to knead it for a long time.
5. I transfer the dough to a plastic wrap or bag, form a small “log”. I wrap it in plastic and put it in the refrigerator for 2 hours.

   

6. After 2 hours, I grease the dough with protein and sprinkle with sugar (brown or white – this is optional). Cut into portions 7-8 mm thick and spread on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper.
7. French shortbread cookies are baked in a preheated oven at 180 ° C for 20-23 minutes.
8. I leave the finished Sable cookies for a couple of minutes on a baking sheet and put them on the wire rack until they cool completely.

   

Bon Appetit!