Mini Gâteaux Bretons

Name: Mini Gâteaux Bretons
Prep time: 14 min
Total time: 14 min
Yield: Makes Thirty-eight 1⅝ inch cookies
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: bleached all-purpose flour; pure vanilla extract; blanched sliced almonds; sugar; sea salt; unsalted butter; egg yolks; kirsch; water; dark rum

Preparation info

Makes
Thirty-eight
1⅝ inch cookies

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
15 min

Appears in

The Baking Bible

By Rose Levy Beranbaum

Published 2014

About

This classic French cake from Brittany makes the most buttery cookies I know. They will keep for as long as a week at room temperature, making them perfect for holiday gift giving.

Ingredients

Cookie Dough

Makes 13.4 ounces/380 grams

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Europe
France
Dessert
Mediterranean
Cookies
Vegetarian
Baking

Method

Preheat the Oven

Twenty minutes or longer before baking, set an oven rack in the middle of the oven and preheat the oven to 325°F/160°C.

Toast the Almonds

Spread the almonds evenly on a baking s