Sandies

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recipe by Caoimhe at Drop https://getdrop.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    4hrs 30mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    24
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    161

These sandies (also called a sablé) are sweet and buttery like shortbread, with a cloud-like crumbly texture that's just perfect with a coffee.

Inspired by: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/19207/sandies/

recipe updated Jun 23, 2021

Ingredients

  • White flour icon
    White flour
    280 g
  • Nuts icon
    Nuts
    160 g
  • Butter icon
    Butter
    230 g
  • White sugar icon
    White sugar
    70 g
  • Water icon
    Water
    2 teaspoons
  • Vanilla extract icon
    Vanilla extract
    2 teaspoons

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Wooden spoon
  • kCook icon Medium bowl
  • kCook icon Wire rack

Step preview

  1. Add butter and white sugar to a clean medium bowl
  2. Cream until smooth
  3. Add water and vanilla extract to the medium bowl and mix
  4. Mix until smooth
  5. Sift white flour into the medium bowl
  6. Add nuts to the medium bowl and mix
  7. Roll the dough into sausages and chill in the fridge for 4 hours
  8. Pre-heat oven - 160°C
  9. Slice dough into inch-thick disks and shape into rough balls
  10. Place 2 inches apart onto unprepared cookie sheets
  11. Bake - 12 min, 160°C
  12. Remove when golden and transfer to wire rack to cool
  13. Dust with/roll in confectioners' sugar while still warm
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