Dutch Cookies

Serves: 2

Callie Medhurst

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

50

Spice

53

Sweetness

46

Sourness

42

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.8

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1 tsp

Salt

1 cup

Sugar

1 large

Egg (separated)

Directions:

1

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 325°F

2

Butter a 15- by 10- by 1-inch baking pan, then line bottom with foil, leaving a 2-inch overhang on 2 ends, and butter foil

3

3Whisk together flour, cinnamon, and salt in a bowl until combined

4

Beat together butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes in a stand mixer (preferably fitted with paddle attachment) or 6 minutes with a handheld

5

Beat in yolk

6

Reduce speed to low, then mix in flour mixture until combined

7

Spread batter evenly in pan with an offset spatula

8

Lightly beat egg white in a small bowl, then brush some of it over batter and sprinkle evenly with pecans

9

Bake until top is golden brown and edges begin to pull away from sides of pan, 35 to 40 minutes

10

Cool in pan on a rack 10 minutes, then transfer with foil to a cutting board

11

Discard foil

12

Cut while still warm into 2-inch squares or, by halving squares diagonally, into triangles and cool completely on rack

13

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 325°F

14

Butter a 15- by 10- by 1-inch baking pan, then line bottom with foil, leaving a 2-inch overhang on 2 ends, and butter foil

15

3Whisk together flour, cinnamon, and salt in a bowl until combined

16

Beat together butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes in a stand mixer (preferably fitted with paddle attachment) or 6 minutes with a handheld

17

Beat in yolk

18

Reduce speed to low, then mix in flour mixture until combined

19

Spread batter evenly in pan with an offset spatula

20

Lightly beat egg white in a small bowl, then brush some of it over batter and sprinkle evenly with pecans

21

Bake until top is golden brown and edges begin to pull away from sides of pan, 35 to 40 minutes

22

Cool in pan on a rack 10 minutes, then transfer with foil to a cutting board

23

Discard foil

24

Cut while still warm into 2-inch squares or, by halving squares diagonally, into triangles and cool completely on rack