Langues de Chat

Name: Langues de Chat
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons unsalted butter at room temperature; 13 cup of sugar; 1 teaspoon of either vanilla extract or grated rind of lemon or orange or ground ginger; Pinch of salt; 2 egg whites, at room temperature; 13 cup of flour

6 ingredients

13 steps

Ingredients

2 tablespoons unsalted butter at room temperature
13 cup of sugar
1 teaspoon of either vanilla extract or grated rind of lemon or orange or ground ginger
Pinch of salt
2 egg whites, at room temperature
13 cup of flour

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
2

Butter and flour two baking sheets.
3

Beat the butter, sugar, vanilla, and salt until pale and fluffy.
4

Beat the egg whites for 1 minute, until they mound slightly.
5

Add the egg whites and mix just enough to blend.
6

Add the flour through a sieve, shaking it over the batter and folding it in quickly.
7

Using a dinner knife, scoop up about 1 teaspoon batter and tap it onto the cookie sheet.
8

Press the knife down onto the batter so you have a line 2 1/2 inches.
9

Spread the batter on the sheet in this manner, leaving 2 inches between each cookie.
10

Bake for 4-5 minutes in the middle of the oven, until the cookies have browned slightly at the edges.
11

Remove with a metal spatula and cool on a rack.
12

If the cookies harden before you take them off the sheet, return them to the oven to warm them.
13

When the cookies have cooled, store them in an airtight container.