Anyone have the Nick Malgieri recipe for canary tongue. Don't attack me- they're cookies ;-)

Here you go....

Canary’s Tongues
From: Nick Malgieri, ‘Cookies Unlimited’

These, as the name implies, are tinier and more delicate than cat’s tongues. I like them without any flavoring so that the unadulterated taste of butter really comes through.

Makes about 100 very thin cookies

1 cup all-purpose flour
¼ teaspoon baking powder
8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
½ cup sugar
1 large egg
3 cookie sheets or jelly roll pans lined with buttered foil (see Headnote, opposite)

1 Set racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 325 degrees.
2 Combine the flour and baking powder in a bowl; stir well to mix.
3 In the bowl of a standing electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together the butter and sugar on medium speed until soft and light, about 5 minutes. Add the egg, beating until smooth.
4 Remove the bowl from the mixer and incorporate the flour mixture by hand with a large rubber spatula.
5 Fit a pastry bag with a ¼-inch plain tube (Ateco #802). Pipe out 1 ½-inch-long cookies about an inch apart on the prepared pans.
6 Bake for about 15 minutes, until the cookies are light golden and a little darker at the edge.
7 Slide the papers onto racks – be careful, these cookies are fragile.
8 Store the cooled cookies between sheets of parchment or wax paper in a tin or plastic container with a tight-fitting cover.

Headnote from Langues de Chat:
The loose batter is piped through a small tube; it spreads and becomes thin and delicate in the oven. To make sure the cookies don’t become distorted, I rub the foil lining flat with a soft cloth or paper towel. Then it’s easy to brush the foil with soft, not melted, butter.

 
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