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Friday, December 19, 2008

Cookies, Part II, makes 6 different types... - fit for the diet of persons with Galactosemia

Sables - Basic Recipie, sorry measurements are metric here is the link to a converter http://www.unitconversion.org/weight/pounds-to-grams-conversion.html

175 Gram Margarine --> I like Earth Balance
75 Gram Sugar
1 TSP Vanilla
1 pinch salt
1 TBP "Milk" I use regular Silk Soy Milk
250 Gram Flour

1. Stir margarine, sugar, vanilla and salt together until soft
2. Add "Milk"
3. Add Flour --> mix everything together until you have a smooth dough
4. Divide dough into two parts, and make rolls out of the dough
5. Wrap dough into clear plastic wrap and refrigerate for about 30 minutes (or you can also put
the dough into the freezer for about 10 minutes)
6. Preheat oven to about 400 degrees F (if you can adjust to 390 F its best)
7. Cut slices (about 5mm thick) off the rolls and put on backing sheet
8. Bake immediately

VARIATIONS on the basic recipe

TUSCANY SABLES
- Before you add the flour add either 100 gram ground Pine nuts, or ground Walnuts
- After cutting, decorate each cookie with either pine nuts, or a walnut
- After baking sprinkle with powdered sugar

MIKADO SABLES
- Add 50 gram finely chopped candied dried fruit
- After baking brush with lemon/powder sugar mixture and some finely chopped mixed dried fruit

CHOCOLATE SABLES
- Add 2-3 TBL unsweetened cocoa before adding the flour
- You can decorate these (if you wish) with powdered cocoa

MIXED SABLES
- Follow recipe for basic sables
- Follow recipe for chocolate sables

1. Marbled Sable
- mix chocolate and vanilla dough together

2. Rolls
- roll out vanilla & chocolate dough
- lay chocolate dough on top of vanilla dough, roll back up

I hope you will enjoy these cookies