Terrassen
A recipe passed down from my mother-in-law. One that has been in our family since I married, but in hers for decades (and probably longer).
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour unbleached all-purpose or King Arthur or Bob's Red Mill 1:1
- 2 teaspoons baking powder no-aluminum
- ½ cup sugar "skimpy" as my MIL would say! Organic cane!
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 10 tablespooons butter
- 1 jar seedless currant or raspberry jelly
- powdered sugar, to sprinkle on the tops
Instructions
- Put flour, sugar, and baking powder in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse to combine.
- Add the egg and vanilla. Pulse to combine.
- Cube the butter. Add to the processor bowl and process till it's incorporated. It will still look rough, but as long as it comes together when you squeeze it together, it will be fine.
- Work the dough till it comes together more. Divide it in half or quarters to roll it out. Roll it out to cut the shapes. Cut enough of both tops and bases to have equal numbers of each. Re-roll the leftover dough and keep cutting.
- Bake at 350F for 8-10 minutes. Allow to rest for a short time on the baking sheet, then transfer to paper towel lined cooling racks, placing the bases separate from the tops. Allow to cool.
- Sprinkle the tops with powdered sugar.
- Using the microwave or a small pot, melt the jelly. Spoon it carefully onto the bases, not quite to the edges.
- Carefully, lay the sprinkled cookie tops on the bases.
- Et Voila. Bon Appetit!
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