Italian Crumiri (Piedmont Cookies)
Try these rich, buttery and traditional Italian Crumiri—rich butter cookies that melt in your mouth with every bite.
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups All purpose flour
- ¾ cup plus 1 tablespoon of unsalted butter room temperature
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 3 tablespoon honey
- 1 tablespoon Vanilla extract
- ⅛ teaspoon kosher salt
Instructions
Making the dough
- Pre-heat the oven to 325 degrees
- In a medium bowl sift your flour and salt.2 ½ cups All purpose flour, ⅛ teaspoon kosher salt
- In a large bowl, add your butter, honey and sugar and mix for 2 minutes with an electric mixer on medium speed.¾ cup plus 1 tablespoon of unsalted butter, ¾ cup granulated sugar, 3 tablespoon honey
- Now add your vanilla, egg and egg yolk and mix until combined.1 large egg, 1 egg yolk, 1 tablespoon Vanilla extract
- Sift your dry ingredients into your wet ingredients and mix until combined.
- Prepare piping bag. You can either fill a piping bag with a large star tip or roll 4 inch logs about ½ inch thick.
Shaping the cookies
- Grab a large walnut sized amount of dough and roll that into a ball. Place on to a non stick cookie sheet or parchment lined cookie sheet. Roll out all of the dough this way.
- Now roll the balls of dough into 4 inch long log shapes.
- With a very sharp knife, make 3 grooves lengthwise into the logs scoring about ½ way through the dough.
- Bend the cookies into a crescent shape.
- Bake the cookies for about 12-14 minutes or until lightly golden brown on edges.
- Allow the cookies to cool completely on cooling racks.
- Dust with powdered sugar: This is optional but tastes great and looks pretty too.
Notes
ALTERNATIVE METHOD *Prepare a piping bag with a large star tip* : Fill a piping bag with a star tip and pipe out the dough into 4 inch long pieces.
Nutrition
Calories: 82kcalCarbohydrates: 11gProtein: 1gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.2gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 18mgSodium: 10mgPotassium: 13mgFiber: 0.2gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 119IUVitamin C: 0.01mgCalcium: 4mgIron: 0.4mg
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