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Homemade Sicilian S Cookies Recipe
Bring my Sicilian grandma right to your kitchen with this generations-old easy to make S cookie recipe that is guaranteed to produce smiles!
👥 50 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 40 min⏳ Prep: 30 min🔥 Cook: 10 min👤 Chef Billy Parisi📖 billyparisi
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- oven
- bowl
- knife
- whisk
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Preheat the oven to 350°.
2
Add the flour, sugar, and baking powder to a large bowl and using a pastry knife cut in the butter until the mixture becomes like a meal or is very small like couscous. Set aside.
baking powder2 tablespoons
3
In a separate bowl whisk together the eggs and vanilla until completely combined.
eggs2
4
Transfer the dry ingredients to a clean surface and form a well in the center. Pour the wet ingredients to the center of the well and knead the dough for ⏱️ 4-5 minutes or until it forms a smooth cookie dough.
5
If the dough is dry add 1 tablespoon of cold water at a time while kneading until the dough is soft. Do not add too much or the dough will become too wet and sticky.
water
6
Add the dough to a bowl and chill in the refrigerator for ⏱️ 20 minutes.
7
Take the dough out and take about 2 tablespoons of dough and roll it out on a clean surface until it’s about a ½” to ¾” in diameter and 5”-6” in length.
8
Curl up each end to the center to form an S shape and then add to a cookie sheet tray lined with parchment paper about 2” apart from one another. Use the dough until it is all gone.
9
Bake the cookies on the bottom rack of an oven for 350° for ⏱️ 5 minutes and then the top rack at 350° for ⏱️ 5 minutes or until very lightly browned around the bottom edges.
10
Cool completely.
11
While the cookies are cooling whisk together powdered sugar and milk in a small bowl until combined then dip the top part of the s cookie in the glaze and set on a rack until the glaze has formed to the cookie. You can also brush the glaze on if you’d like.
powdered sugar1 cup
Nutrition Facts
calories
73 kcal
fat Content
1 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
1 g
sugar Content
8 g
sodium Content
4 mg
protein Content
1 g
cholesterol Content
15 mg
carbohydrate Content
16 g
saturated Fat Content
1 g
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