Name: Galettes Bretonnes (Butter Cookies)
Yield: Makes Twelve to Fourteen 3-inch/7.5-centimeter cookies
Cuisine: France
Ingredients: 1 egg yolk beaten to mix with 1 tablespoon water, for glaze; 1 tablespoon milk, more if needed; 2 teaspoons baking powder; ⅔ cup/140 g sugar; 2 cups/250 g flour; ¼ cup/60 g butter, cut in small pieces; ½ teaspoon salt; 1 egg

Preparation info

Makes Twelve to Fourteen
3 inch
cookies

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Country Cooking of France

By Anne Willan

Published 2007

About

Galettes Bretonnes are an agreeably light, crumbly butter cookie that is often marketed commercially. Just a few pâtissiers make them the old way, and here’s how.

Ingredients

2 cups/250 g flour
⅔ cup/140 g

Method

Put the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a bowl and mix them well with your hand. Make a well in the center and add the butter, egg, and 1 tablespoon milk. Mix these central ingredients with the fingertips of one hand until they are blended. Using both hands, work in the flour until large crumbs are formed; if the crumbs seem dry, add more milk. Press the crumbs together into a ball. Wr