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Homemade Petit Fours (Butter Cookies)
Total time60 min
Prep25 min
Cook35 min
Yield8 servings
DifficultyMedium
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Desserts

ChefRasmiyya Al-Majdhoub

Homemade Petit Fours (Butter Cookies)

A clear, reliable homemade recipe for petit fours/butter cookies. These light cookies are loved by the whole family and keep well in glass jars.

A fail-proof, delicious homemade petit four recipe.

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Ingredients

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  • 907 g flour (about 4 large cups)
  • 450 g butter, at room temperature
  • 2 cups powdered (confectioners’) sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice (optional)
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • For more sweets from Rasmiyya see: Brazilian Sonho Cake (recipe)

Method

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  1. Beat the butter slightly, then gradually add the sugar until all is incorporated
  2. Add the eggs and vanilla and continue beating
  3. Gradually add the flour and baking powder and knead until we get a soft, tender dough that does not crack
  4. Shape the petit fours using the specialized molds
  5. Arrange the petit fours on parchment paper on the tray then put them in the oven on the second rack for 5 minutes at 200°C
    Timers: 5 min
  6. Brown them for two minutes on top after they are baked
  7. Remove the petit fours from the oven and let them cool at room temperature
  8. Fill them with jam or chocolate and sandwich each pair of petit fours together... or decorate them with chocolate

Recipe tags

DessertsInternationalVegetarianNut freeMediumBalanced time

Notes and serving ideas

  • Brazilian Sonho Cake (recipe)

Chef

Rasmiyya Al-Majdhoub

Rasmiyya loves preparing all kinds of dishes, but she especially enjoys decorating cakes. She cooks delicious meals for her three children and lives on an island in the Atlantic Ocean.

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