Vanilla sablé
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for vanilla sablé.
- 20 mins preparation
- 15 mins cooking plus resting, cooling
- Serves 18
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Ingredients
- 140 gm softened butter
- 110 gm caster sugar (½ cup)
- Scraped seeds of 1½ vanilla beans
- 2 eggs
- 300 gm plain flour (2 cups)
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 40 gm demerara sugar
- For brushing: lightly beaten eggwhite
Method
Main
- 1Beat butter, caster sugar and two-thirds of the vanilla in an electric mixer until light and fluffy (5-6 minutes), scrape down sides of bowl and beat in egg. Sift over flour and baking powder, stir to combine, turn onto a lightly floured surface and knead lightly until a soft dough forms (don’t overwork). Form into a disc, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate until just firm (30 minutes).
- 2Preheat oven to 160C. Roll pastry on a lightly floured surface to 3mm thick and cut squares with a 7cm scallop-edged pastry cutter (see note), then place on oven trays lined with baking paper.
- 3Combine demerara sugar and remaining vanilla in a bowl. Brush tops of biscuits with eggwhite, scatter with vanilla sugar and bake until edges are light golden (12-15 minutes). Cool on trays, then store in an airtight container until required. Sablé will keep for 3 days.
Notes
Note If you don't have a square pastry cutter, a round one is just fine.