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Breton Biscuits (Sablés Bretons) & Happy Christmas!
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I stood up, lazily walking towards the sliding window in my bedroom. Without much energy and my eyes half closed, reluctantly I started to pull up the blind. To my surprise, the ground was blanketed with snow! And it was snowing slightly when I stood in front of the window, gazing at the snow flakes, felling down from the sky. I couldn’t be more excited when the flakes were getting bigger and bigger! I took out my camera and starting to take some shots. At one point, the snow was so heavy and a strong gust of wind transported some snow through the opened window into my room!
It may seem weird but I got extremely excited and suggested to Arnaud that we took a walk in the snow! I got myself wrapped up warm enough before I stepped out. It was cold and the snow was basically chucking down when we were out. Everything looked very surreal. It looked very pretty in white, especially the bald trees with black branches which were nicely decorated with snow.
I like snow, but I also hate it in the sense that it may affect the Eurostar service. Some services have been cancelled this afternoon and I am going to France on Wednesday! It’s reported that there will be further snow. So, I need to be prepared if our train on Wednesday will be affected. I just remember it took us a lot of trouble last year! 🙁 Anyway, I have got all the presents ready, all nicely wrapped. Just hoping that the weather will be nice to us on Wednesday.
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We are only 5 days away from Christmas, I thought I would share a biscuit recipe with you all. I baked some Breton biscuits (also known as Sablés Bretons or Palets Bretons) a few days ago. Breton biscuits originates from Brittany. This crumbly biscuit is traditionally a plain biscuit which is very rich in butter! Salted butter is used in this recipe and it’s really easy to make but delicious to eat. I found this recipe on Cakes in the City, a French food blog.
If you need a last minute homemade biscuits for this year’s Christmas, I think Breton biscuits will go down really well!
Let me take this opportunity to wish all of you a Happy Christmas and I will catch up with you guys when I am back from my Christmas break!
Breton Biscuits (Sablés Bretons) & Happy Christmas!
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For the Breton Biscuits (Sablés Bretons):
200g butter, softened
120g sugar
3 egg yolks + 1 egg wash
370g flour
a pinch of salt
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1. Preheat the oven at 160°C.
2. Use an electric mixer, mix butter, egg yolks and sugar until it becomes creamy. Add in a pinch of salt and flour and mix again until everything combines. You will obtain a soft pastry. Then, put in the fridge for 20 minutes.
3. Flatten the pastry into 4mm of thicken with a roll pin. Cut with a cookie cutter (plain or fluted) with about 4cm in diameter. Prick each cut pastry with a fork. Turn it upside down then transfer to a baking sheet.
4. Brush the surface (which is not pricked, as the pricked surface now should be on the other side of the biscuits) with egg wash. After 5 minutes, brush the second layer of egg wash.
5. To decorate the biscuit, use a fork to creates some lines on the biscuit. Bake in the oven for about 12 minutes until it’s golden brown.
the cookies looks amazing but I love all the other photos as well…
Thank you!
I guess it must be real fun to play snow balls. Hope you will have a wonderful christmas celebrationn this year. Lovely biscuits and perfect for this festive season! 😉
Yeah, it was fun to play in the snow. Love walking on it too!
Beautiful pictures of the snow and of these biscuits! I love the little lines drawn by a fork.
Thank you!
Happy Merry Christmas! Here I see a schnauzer enjoying the cold and it reminds me of my miniature schnauzer basking in humid Singapore! :O
heheh… the schnauzer had lots of fun trying to catch snow balls!!
I look these cute little biscuits with that buttery eggy sheen :). Great photos of the snow — really does look otherworldly. I’m really pissed at the snow right now though haha. It’s grounded my best friend from coming home to visit from London. In fact she may not make it across the pond at all. I’m keeping my fingers crossed though!
I love the snow but hate it when I had to travel. I hope that your friend will make it home as the situation seems to have improved.
Sedapnya.. your biscuits…
Beautiful photos… Merry Xmas and Selamat Tahun Baru…
Hope you didn’t have to wait too long to balik ‘kampung france’ this year…
Terima kasih… nasib baik this year tak seteruk last year. dah safely sampai kat Perancis dahh…
Wow, lovely photos…and the cookies sure look so yummie, beautifully done!
Thanks Juliana.
Glad to know you’ve reached France via Eurostar safe and sound 🙂
Have a blessed X’mas!
Thanks! I am back now.. Christmas went too quickly! Hope you had a great one too!
wow so much snow – so beautiful and a huge contrast to our hot-ribble weather here hehe … Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! ♥
Yeah, there was a lot of snow but all melted now. Perhaps, will have more in Jan! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas!
pretty cookies and photos….Merry Xmas and Happy New Year 2011 to you and Arnaud!!
Thanks Lesley! Hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas!
Love each of your photographs…surreal beauty at best! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas. Breton sables is something I’d like to make soon; yours look just right for the holiday season!
Thanks deeba! My Christmas was great, hope you had a great one too!
Merry Christmas to you all from me.
You are truly a talented photographer. Oh, the biscuits. Oh, the snow. Have a wonderful 2011, Lee Mei!
Thanks Ju! Happy 2011 to you too!