Tan Fingers

Name: Tan Fingers
Yield: Twenty-four 2-inch squares
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 14 tablespoons (1¾ sticks) unsalted butter, softened; ½ cup sugar; ¼ teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2¼ cups unbleached all-purpose flour (spoon flour into dry-measure cup and level off); 5 tablespoons unsalted butter; 1 tablespoon light corn syrup; One 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk

Preparation info

Twenty-four
2 inch squares

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Baker's Tour

By Nick Malgieri

Published 2005

About

This intriguing bar cookie was shared by my friend Thea Cvijanovich. Her sister Eva Abplanalp, who lives in Kamo-Whangarei, New Zealand, sent the recipe to her. It is a popular New Zealand cookie.

Ingredients

Dough

14 tablespoons (1¾ sticks) unsalted butter, softened
½ cup sugar

Oceania
Europe
New Zealand
Italy
Cookies
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

Method

Set a rack in the lowest level of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees.
For the dough, beat the butter with the sugar and salt in an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on medium speed, until soft and light, 2 to 3 minutes.
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