‘Tiles” or Broomstick Cookies

Name: ‘Tiles” or Broomstick Cookies (Tuiles or Mandelflarn)
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Makes about 2 dozen
Cuisine: Swedish
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons heavy cream; Pinch of salt; ¼ cup flour, plus flour for the cookie sheets; ½ cup sugar; ¾ cup almonds, very finely chopped or ground in a food processor; 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, plus butter for the cookie sheets; 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, plus butter for the cookie sheets

Tuiles or Mandelflarn

Preparation info

Makes about
2 dozen

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

The Best Recipes in the World

By Mark Bittman

Published 2005

About

Tuiles are better known, but the same cookies are popular in Sweden. You can make them without almonds, but unless you have allergies I don’t know why you would. Great alone or with ice cream or fruit.

Ingredients

8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, plus butter for the cookie sheets
¾ cup

Europe
Sweden
France
Dessert
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

Method

Preheat the oven to 375°F. Melt the butter in a small heavy pan over medium-low heat. When it foams, add all the remaining ingredients and stir to blend. Let sit for a few minutes until the batter thickens a bit. Grease and flour one or more cookie sheets (unles