There`s no way these can get better. Just taste one and hear the Angels sing. Oh, dear Heaven. What would have been life without sweets?
Don`t ask me how I came across this recipe. It`s something me and my mom made after a failed Easter dessert. Of course, my absent-minded way of dealing with things in general, lead to burning the first batch of cookies. Yes, buddy, I was so focused on braiding dough for another dessert that I simply forgot about the cookies in the oven. The smell of burned desserts is among my biggest fears ever.
Of course my mom went off at me for being so forgetful.
But we baked another batch and this time I watched them constantly. Like, 20 minutes sitting in front of the oven.
Then came "fun" part where I had to remove the cookies from the tray and arrange them on a whire rack so I could fill them with blueberry jam. Yeah, after I destroyed 6 cookies, because they were just sooo fragile (so watch it if you decide to make them) that they broke apart at the slightest pressure. Not pretty.
I managed somehow. Don`t ask how I got a back pain trying it.
Listen, I still got a few recipes to share with you and can`t wait for it, but I am so damn busy every day. I`m struggling between school, gym, private classes and my mare who foaled recently. I want a holiday.
I`m bitten by some thoughts regarding people around me. I keep wondering if they just make fun of me or...well, I shouldn`t bother you with my problems. Stay positive, girl! I`m not planning to turn this blog into sort of an online diary.
Ahem. Now we`re supposed to pay attention to the cookies, which are flaky, buttery and melt in your mouth. Oh my God! I think I found my love. Cookies, will you marry me please?
You know what else I love about these? They last, buddy. Actually, they are better the next day. Or next week. Exactly! Isn`t life taking you by surprise?
The difficult part here is that these are drugs. Literally. You keep wanting more than one. I can`t even handle it right now. I promise you`ll get high, but legally, of course.
I don`t know what to say anymore. I feel like dancing. Not.
Ingredients:
185 gr unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
35 gr sugar
2 egg yolks
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
250 gr. flour
for the meringue:
2 egg whites
pinch of salt
100 gr. granulated white sugar
additional:
blueberry jam (try one that has a firm texture)
powdered sugar
Directions:
1.In a large bowl, beat the butter and the sugar together for 2-3 minutes. Add the egg yolks, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix the vanilla extract in.
With the mixer set on low speed, add the flour. Then, using your hand, pull the dough together to form a ball. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
2. Preheat your oven at 350 d F/160-170 d C and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Take the dough out of the fridge and stretch it out into a 0.5 cm(1/8 inch) thick rectangle. Then take a round cookie cutter and cut out circles. You can use a smaller cookie cutter to make that hole in the middle, but that`s optional.
3. Arrange the small circles on the baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes, watching them carefully and checking them after such time. Take them out and let them cool completely in the pan. Place them on a rack and sandwich them together with blueberry jam.
Make the meringue:
Beat the egg whites with the salt until they form dry peaks. Add the sugar 1 Tablespoon at a time until you get a glossy meringue.
Schmear some of that meringue on the top of the cookie.
To dry the meringue, heat your oven at 100 d F/50 d C for 15 minutes. Turn the heat off. Place the iced cookies in the tray and let them sit in the oven for 1 or 2 hours or until the meringue gets dry.
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