Grandma's Biscuits- "s" Shaped Cookies
From FavoriteFixins 13 years ago
- 2 hrs. to make
- Serves 32 cookies
This is the cookie that all Italian grandmother's made when the family got together. I can remember the platter full of cookies so vividly and how the adults would dunk the biscuits into their coffee and the kids would do the same with an ice cold glass of milk. Read more This is a recipe that all Italians have passed down through the generations. Shapes vary from knots to 'S' shapes and they are great plain or with a white glaze. Photo Credit: Lucas Allen See less
Ingredients
- INGREDIENTS shopping list
- 5 cups sifted flour shopping list
- 1/2 cup sugar shopping list
- 1 cup of olive oil or 8 oz. unsalted butter (at room temperature) shopping list
- 3 whole medium eggs shopping list
- 1 teaspoon baking powder shopping list
- Pinch of salt shopping list
- 6 drops of vanilla shopping list
- 1 egg for egg washing shopping list
How to make it
- PREPARATION
- The Dough
- Make a well with the flour, place in it and combine sugar and butter.
- Add eggs, salt, baking powder and vanilla. Mix all ingredients with the help of a fork and then using your hands knead to bring dough together.
- Do not over mix. Do not handle dough more than necessary.
- Refrigerate dough for 1 hour.
- Prepare pan cookie sheet greased and dusted with flour.
- The Biscuits
- Cut dough in 4 pieces and each pieces in 2 parts. Knead dough to make the piece of dough compact and shape each part into 1 ½ inch roll. Cut it into pieces to form small sticks about 4 inches long and ½ inch thick, place each piece into greased pans 2 inches apart and shape it to form an “S”.
- The Baking
- Beat 1 egg adding 1 tablespoon of water for the egg wash.
- With the help of a brush go over cookies with the egg wash and bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until cookies are golden color.
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Looks really cool this is the sort of thing my sister likes I'm going to show her !
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