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Have you had any palets bretons before?

The question is: have you had any palets Bretons before?

If you are French or have lived in France, the answer would be yes.  For others, you probably have not eaten any Palets Bretons.

I could not resist this recipe.  I am not being patriotic just now (no! 🙂 ), this is just that I LOVE those little biscuits and you can’t find them in Australia.

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So easy… yes, really!

They are very easy to make.  The only limitation is that they cannot be placed to cook on a flat sheet as they need support.  Turned out that I had a silicone mould for mini-muffin (which I never use normally) just perfect for it!

You can keep them in a cookie box for a couple weeks easily (please not in the fridge, just in an airtight container or cookie box).  They are perfect with a cup of tea, with desserts like yogurt or fruit compotes and can even be used for lunch boxes snack.

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There are only few ingredients, same as in most cookies: flour, butter (of course, we are speaking Brittany), eggs, sugar and baking powder.

Now I am sure you feel like making them!

Read on for the recipe…

Ingredients:

Makes the quantity you can see on the above photo.

  • 140 g caster sugar
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 150 g soft butter (either use unsalted butter and add 4 g of salt) or use salted butter
  • 200 g plain white flour
  • 15 g baking powder
Method:

In a first time, you need to make the dough:

  1. Mix egg yolks and sugar until white and creamy (use a whisk)
  2. Add the soft butter and combine (swap the whisk for a wooden spoon or similar)
  3. Add the flour and baking powder
  4. Bring the mixture into a ball. Wrap in cell film and place in the fridge for a few hours or even better overnight.

The second part is the cutting and cooking:

  1. Preheat the oven to 170 °C.
  2. If you are using metal muffin trays or pastry rings, grease them with butter and place the pastry rings on a sheet of baking paper on the cooking tray.  If you are using a silicone mould, no need to grease.
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My improvised cutter and moulds for the Palets Bretons
  1. Lightly dust with flour your kitchen bench and roll the dough to 5 mm thick.
  2. Cut out round shapes for your palets bretons using either one of the pastry ring or if using a muffin tray or similar something in your kitchen of same diameter as your moulds (for example: a small glass, an egg cup, a towel ring).
  3. Place in the cooking moulds.
  4. Cook for 15 minutes or until golden brown. Turn over or slide on a cooling rack.