Homemade polenta cookies

Ingredients

  • 200gr polenta (cornmeal)
  • 120gr flour
  • 1tsp baking powder
  • 1/2tsp vanilla extract
  • 90gr sugar
  • 90gr butter
  • 1 egg

Method

  1. Melt the butter and let it cool.
  2. Whisk the egg with the sugar and butter until smooth. Then add the polenta and the flour (after sifting it with the baking powder) to the mixture.
  3. Kneed the dough and then refrigerate for half an hour
  4. Roll the dough and cut it into 2cm pieces.
  5. Lay them on a baking sheet and bake for approximately 10 minutes in a 180°C preheated oven. 

Tips

  • The recipe I found called for 130 grams of sugar. I added only 90 grams but the cookies were a bit too sweet for my taste, so next time I will use even less.
  • 1 teaspoon of baking powder can be replaced with 1 teaspoon of baking soda and 1/4 teaspoon lemon juice
  • To keep homemade cookies soft,  let them cool after they come out of the oven. Put the cooled cookies in an air-tight container and store them.

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