Ingredients
Method
- Combine flour, sugar, salt, orange peel (if using dry, if using zest add orange peel with yolk) and sesame seeds in a bowl* that seems slightly larger than you need.
- Rub in the butter using your fingertips and disperse it evenly.
- Add the yolk (and zest if using) and continue to gently work the dough together till its homogenous.
- Using the palm of your hand, push the dough away from you a couple of times till it is completely smooth (this is a more gentle motion that kneading)
- Pat into a square and wrap with plastic. Chill for about 15 minutes.
- Once the dough has firmed up. On a lightly dusted counter or between two sheets of parchment (or plastic) roll out the dough and cut into desired shapes.
- Gently move to baking trays and reroll the dough as necessary.
- Preheat the oven to 325**. Chill the cookies for at least 20 minutes or until the oven is ready
- They will take 6 to 10 minutes depending on how thick they are rolled.
Notes
Recipe notes:
*Traditional instructions for making sable will have you do this process on the counter. With the sugar and butter in the centre and the flour worked in. I like to create less mess and a more efficient process. So I divert from the tradition and make them in a bowl, and mix everything together in one go.
**Typically sablés (which these cookies are based on) are baked to a lighter finish. If you want darker cookies, bake at 350 instead.
