Thin, golden, and crisp, the Breton shortbread cookie is one of France's most beloved biscuits. Its secret lies in one ingredient: good Breton salted butter, which gives it that inimitable flavor and its unmistakable melt-in-the-mouth yet crisp texture.
With just five ingredients and a quick turn of the fork to create the famous crosshatch pattern, this recipe takes you straight back to a biscuit bakery in Pont-Aven. Perfect with coffee, served alongside a cream dessert, or crumbled into a cheesecake base, these cookies keep for two weeks in a metal tin—if you can manage to keep them that long.
- Preparation
- 15 minutes
- Cooking
- 15 minutes
- Servings
- 20 cookies
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