Ingredients:
300g (2 cups) all purpose flour
200g (1 2/3 cup) chestnut flour (or substitute whole wheat flour)
1 tablespoon baking powder
80g (1/3 cup) white sugar
60g (1/4 cup) brown sugar
pinch of salt
3/4 cup olive oil
2 eggs, lightly beaten
A little extra milk if your dough is too dry
extra sugar for coating the cookie
Flavors for batches:
Anise flavor
3 tablespoons pastis
1 tablespoon anise seed, toasted
Lemon Marquis flavor
3 tablespoons lemon juice or limoncello
1 tablespoon lemon zest
1 tablespoon dried herbs de maquis (can be: marjoram, rosemary, thyme, myrtle, mint)
Almond flavor
3 tablespoons amaretto
1/3 cup almonds, toasted and chopped
Links to the recipes we will be working with:
Cookies from L’île de beauté
With abundant chestnut trees, chestnut flour has always been used in Corsica during lean times. It’s distinctive flavor provides an earthy sweetness, reminiscent of hiking the wild paths of this beautiful island.
These cookies are flavored with different ingredients to taste. I suggest we try three different flavors and see what we like best.
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