Langues de Chat

These 'cat's tongues' are delicate buttery cookies made with a cookie press or pastry bag. The ends are dipped in semisweet chocolate. The cookies can also be sandwiched together with chocolate.

• Preparation Time: 35 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 45 mins
• Calories: 83 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup white sugar
• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons white sugar
• 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 egg whites
• 9 tablespoons butter, softened
• 6 (1 ounce) squares semisweet chocolate, melted

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease baking sheets.

Step 2

In a medium bowl, cream together butter and 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg whites one at a time until batter is light and fluffy. Stir in the vanilla. Mix in the flour just until blended. Dough will be a little stiff.

Step 3

Using a cookie press or a pastry bag with a medium star tip, press dough onto prepared baking sheet into 3-inch lengths, like a ladyfinger.

Step 4

Bake cookies in preheated oven until straw-colored, about 10 minutes. Cool on wire rack.

Step 5

When cookies are cool, dip one end of each cookie in melted chocolate and place on wax paper until chocolate hardens. Store in a cool place.