Saviardi Cookies

Name: Saviardi Cookies
Ingredients: 4 eggs; 1-1/2 cups (350 ml) granulated sugar; 3-3/4 cups (875 ml) flour; 1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla; 1-1/4 cups (300 ml) confectioners sugar; 1/4 cup (60 ml) water (scant); powdered sugar

7 ingredients

7 steps

Ingredients

4 eggs
1-1/2 cups (350 ml) granulated sugar
3-3/4 cups (875 ml) flour
1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla
1-1/4 cups (300 ml) confectioners sugar
1/4 cup (60 ml) water (scant)
powdered sugar

Directions

1

Combine eggs, granulated sugar and vanilla and whip until thick and yellow in color.
2

Blend in the flour.
3

Combine the confectioners sugar and the scant 1/4 cup (60 ml) of water, to form a thick icing.
4

Blend the confectioners sugar icing into the cookie batter.
5

Using a pastry bag without a tip, pipe 1 to 2 inch wide, by 3 to 4 inch long cookies on a parchment-lined cookie sheet or a greased tinfoil-lined sheet.
6

Bake the cookies at 350 degrees (175 C.) for about 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned and slightly cracked.
7

Sprinkle the baked cookies with powdered sugar, just like they do in the bakeries, for a really authentic bakery cookie.