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Breton sablé biscuit dough

Brittany is famous for its rich, sandy textured "sablé" biscuits. Similar to shortbread, they are made with lots of butter and egg yolk, and just a hint of vanilla.

This dough can be made into simple biscuits – already delicious on their own – or used as the base for tarts and other desserts.

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Last modified on: August 1^st 2018

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For 1 kg 300 g, you will need:

1 780 ml flour
2 22 ml baking powder
3 330 ml butter
4 300 ml caster sugar
5 20 ml Vanilla sugar
6 140 ml egg yolk
7 11.2 ml fine (or table) salt

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Time required for this recipe:

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26 min.	26 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 3 min.

Sieve 780 ml flour and 22 ml baking powder* together.

Set aside.

*Translator's note: French baking powder is about twice the strength of the UK version. For UK baking powder, 6 level teaspoons would be the equivalent. I have not tried it, but think 4 might do the job.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Put into a food-mixer bowl: 330 ml butter,300 ml caster sugar and 20 ml Vanilla sugar.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Mix on medium speed until evenly mixed.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Add 140 ml egg yolk and mix again until evenly mixed.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Tip in the flour + baking powder with 11.2 ml fine (or table) salt.

Knead on slow speed until evenly mixed. Stop as soon as the dough is formed.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

Your Breton biscuit dough is ready. Weigh out into pieces of about 12 oz (325 g). Flatten into cakes and wrap in plastic film. Refrigerate overnight before using.

Remarks

If you simply want to make Breton sablé biscuits, roll out the dough next day to just under half an inch (1 cm) thick and cut out to the size and shape of your choice. Bake at 360°F (180°C) for about 25 minutes.

Keeping

Several days in the fridge, wrapped in plastic film. Freezes very well.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
5,919 Kcal or 24,782 Kj	70 gr	775 gr	318 gr
296 %	27 %	73 %	48 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
452 Kcal or 1,892 Kj	5 gr	59 gr	24 gr
23 %	2 %	6 %	4 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, Milk, Egg

How much will it cost?

For 1 kg 300 g : 4.17 €

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