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Befanini

Crunchy biscuit typical of the Christmas period.
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 9 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 9 minutes
Course sweet
Cuisine tuscany

Ingredients
  

  • 500 gr. flour
  • 300 gr. sugar
  • 150 gr. butter
  • 4 n. eggs
  • 1 sachet baking powder for cakes
  • q.s. grated orange rind
  • q.s. sugar, chocolate chips or other trimmings

Instructions
 

  • Combine in a large bowl, the flour, the sugar, the baking powder and grated orange peel.
  • Remove the butter from the refrigerator half an hour before and after heating a bit 'in hand mix with the other ingredients.
  • Add 3 whole eggs and egg yolk and mix with the other ingredients. (Keep the egg white more)
  • Mix the ingredients thoroughly. At this point, if the dough is too stiff add a little milk, if on the contrary it is too soft add a dusting of flour.
  • Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and let it rest for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
  • Roll out the dough on a floured board to a thickness of 0.3 / 0.4 cm and cut the biscuits with shapes (unless you have the molds maybe a glass) and place them on a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • Mount the egg white and brush the cookies.
  • Add on the sugar cookies, chocolate chips, etc ...
  • Bake in oven at 180 ° C for 9 minutes.
  • Happy holidays with befanini.
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