Petits Fours Cookies

Petits Fours cookies are hard buttery biscuits that are well known in the French patisserie.
They are prepared all over the world now . They are easy to make, pleasant to the eyes and delicious.

Petits Fours Cookies

Keyword Petits fours cookies
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings 11

Ingredients

  • 1 stick unsalted butter at room temperature
  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • Jam or fruit preserves of your choice to assemble the cookies
  • About 1/2 cup melted chocolate

Instructions

  1. In a bowl of a stand mixer, put butter and powdered sugar.

  2. Whisk until creamy then add the egg, salt, and vanilla extract.

  3. Whisk more for few minutes.

  4. Add flour and baking powder then mix everything together until well incorporated.

  5. Place the very soft sticky batter in a piping bag fitted with a large pastry star tip (about 1/2 inch).

  6. Pipe in a non stick baking pan.

  7. Pipe in the same spot by pressing down to obtain rosette shaped cookies.

  8. To shape the dough into shells, pipe a small amount of batter in one spot, then slide the piping bag down. Fix the end of the shell with your 2 fingers.

  9. Bake at 350ยฐF preheated oven for 15 to 25 minutes or until golden.

  10. Let cool.

  11. Put a small amount of jam or fruit preserves on the base of one cookie then sandwich it with the other cookie.

  12. Dip the shell shaped cookies halfway or less into the melted chocolate.

  13. Let set.

  14. Enjoy.

Recipe Notes

  • If you want crunchy cookies, add 1 tablespoon of milk powder to the batter.
  • You can shape your cookies the way you want.
  • You can dip your cookies in chocolate then in ground pistachios, almonds, peanuts,…etc.

Almond Coconut Cookies

These cookies are easy and quick to make. They are not just pleasant to the eyes but they are soft and delicious.

Almond Coconut Cookies

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 18
Author LDSโ€™s Mom

Ingredients

  • 1 cup almond flour
  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • About 1 1/2 cups coconut sweetened flakes
  • Around 18 paradise candied red cherries
  • 2 tbsp cornstarch

Instructions

  1. in a bowl of a stand mixer, put the egg, salt, vanilla and sugar.

  2. Whisk for few minutes until smooth.

  3. Add the butter and whisk more.

  4. Add the almond flour, all purpose flour, baking powder, and cornstarch.

  5. Mix with a spoon to just combine.

  6. Form walnut size balls and put them in a bowl of coconut sweetened flakes.

  7. Coat the balls with coconut and place them in a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

  8. Gently press a cherry or half of it in the center of each ball.

  9. Bake at 350ยฐF preheated oven for about 20 minutes.

  10. Immediately after taking the cookies out of the oven, press the cherries down as they tend to come up with the balls rising during baking.

  11. Let cool and store in airtight container.

Recipe Notes

  • The stand mixer is not necessary. You can just use a hand whisk or a wooden spoon.
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