French Butter Cookies (Sables) | America's Test Kitchen

French Butter Cookies (Sables) | America's Test Kitchen

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These French butter cookies offer sophistication and style from simple pantry ingredients. That is, if you can capture their elusive sandy texture.

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Ingredients

  • 1 large egg
  • 10 tablespoons (1 1/4 sticks) unsalted butter , softened
  • 1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon granulated sugar (2 3/4 ounces/78 grams)
  • 1/4 teaspoon table salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour (7 1/2 ounces/213 grams)
  • 1 teaspoon large egg white , lightly beaten with 1 teaspoon water
  • 4 teaspoons turbinado sugar (see note)

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