In this episode, Nonna Mia shares some memories of her mother and a simple butter cookie recipe.
Ingredients:
– 6 cups of all-purpose flour
– 5 eggs
– 2 Tablespoons of baking powder
– 2 cups of sugar
– 1 cup of butter, melted
– 1 ounce of Grand Marnier (optional or other liqueur of your choice)
– lemon zest from 3 lemons
Nonna shapes her 6 cups of flour into a nest and places the ingredients within the nest, slowly pulling the ingredients into the flour. She use extra flour to pull together and knead the dough, as required.
Nonna rolls the dough until it’s about a centimetre in thickness and then she uses cookie cutters to make the cookies.
You can leave the cookies plain, add almonds, or cherries, sprinkles or whatever you wish.
Bake at 350F for 12 minutes and enjoy with a nice espresso!
Buon appetito!