Homemade shortbread: Anne-Charlotte Pontabry (Cachou) shares her easy recipe for cinnamon and lemon cookies
A few days before Christmas, the preparation of little butter biscuits is a real tradition for Anne-Charlotte Pontabry. Get some flour and butter, your most beautiful cookie cutters and let yourself be overwhelmed by the magic of the holidays!
the Christmas Eve is approaching and it is high time to delve into the magical atmosphere of the holidays. For this the actress and model Anne-Charlotte Pontabryknown for playing the Cachou character on the small screen, gets into the kitchen and shares his recipe for delicious butter shortbread to enjoy without counting during the festivities. Accompanied by a spiced tea or a hot chocolatethese cookies are part of sacred rituals which we can’t get enough of, even the royal family of England makes pretty cinnamon cookies for the holidays!
Anne-Charlotte Pontabry’s Christmas shortbread recipe:
A few weeks ago we informed you of our selection of the sweet delicacies to taste in this month of December, but you can also make shortbread cookies at home on the occasion of the end of year celebrations. On his Instagram account, Anne-Charlotte Pontabry (@annecharlottepontabry) shares on video her super simple recipe and greedy for some butter cookies completely addictive !
Ingredients :
160g soft butter
200g flour
80g sugar
1 tablespoon of cinnamon
2 pinches of fleur de sel
1 organic lemon
Preparation :
- Preheat oven at 170°C.
- Mix the soft butter with the sugar and 2 pinches of fleur de sel. Beat everything with an electric mixer at low speed and add the flour and a beaten egg yolk. Mix again.
- Add the zest of an organic lemonmix with the dough and form small puddings previously rolled in a sugar and cinnamon mixture.
- Put them in the fridge for a quarter of an hour then cut them using your favorite cookie cutters to a thickness of 1.5 cm. Place them on a baking sheet and bake for 13 minutes. Once cooled, sprinkle your biscuits with icing sugar for more deliciousness!
the evening of December 24do not forget this dear Santa Claus…he also deserves his shortbread and his glass of fresh milk ! And for the Christmas dessert, make your homemade log using Norbert Tarayre’s recipe with raspberry and white chocolate.
