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Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 60 Minutes |
Ready In: 75 Minutes Servings: 10 |
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A really good, really rich South Amercian cookie, great with coffee or chocolate. From Leith's Latin American Cooking. Ingredients:
1/2 cup brazil nut |
1/4 lb unsalted butter, softened |
6 tablespoons brown sugar, packed |
3/4 cup flour |
3 tablespoons rice flour |
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon |
Directions:
1. Pre-heat the oven to 325 degrees F.
2. Grind the Brazil nuts finely.
3. Beat the butter until fluffy, add the sugar and beat until fluffy again-do beat adequately.
4. Sift in the flours and the nuts and work to a smooth dough.
5. Cover a baking sheet with parchment.
6. place a 6 flan ring or tart form on the cookie sheet to use as a guide.
7. Press the dough onto the sheet inside the ring to form a neat 6 inch circle.
8. Remove the ring and flatten the dought slightly with a rolling pin.
9. Prick the circle of dough with a fork and score it into eight wedges.
10. Sprinkle with a little granulated sugar and bake for forty minutes.
11. Remove from the oven and cut along the score lines and leave to cool for two minutes.
12. Lift onto a rack and cool completely.
13. If they don't get immediately eaten, store in an airtight container.
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