Langues de Chat

These cookies are called ‘cat’s tongues’. They are easy to make. This is a French recipe, but it has already been converted to conventional measurements.

Original recipe makes 6 dozen

Ingredients

9 tablespoons butter, softened
1/2 cup white sugar
2 tablespoons white sugar
3 egg whites
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

6 (1 ounce) squares semisweet chocolate, melted

PREP

35 mins
COOK

10 mins
READY IN

1 hr 10 mins

Directions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease baking sheets.
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.
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.
Bake cookies in preheated oven until straw-colored, about 10 minutes. Cool on wire rack.
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.