Royal Fans
Ingredients
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, stir together cake flour and sugar.
- Add butter and almond extract, working it into mixture with your fingertips until it resembles coarse bread crumbs.
- Compress dough into a ball, kneading it slightly if necessary until it is cohesive.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/3-inch thickness.
- Use a fluted 4-inch round cookie cutter to cut into disks.
- Cut each piece into quarters.
- Using a small spatula or knife, lightly press five or six angled indentations into each quarter to resemble folds of a fan.
- Place cookies on an ungreased baking sheet about 1 inch apart.
- Whisk each egg yolk separately with 1 teaspoon water and a drop or two of food coloring, then brush it lightly over folds of fans with a small paintbrush.
- Decorate cookies with silver dragees, placing a dragee at end of each fold of fan.
- Bake until very light brown, 15 to 20 minutes.
- Allow to cool completely, and store at room temperature in an airtight container.
Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)
814
kcal
41% DV
Protein
Fat
Carbs
* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).