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    3 Ingredient Cookies No Egg No Cookie Cutter

    Published: Feb 24, 2021 · Modified: May 22, 2023. This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy.

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    These 3 ingredient cookies no egg are light and crumbling, you can make the dough in advance and keep it in the freezer ready when you need it.
    These 3 ingredient cookies no egg are light and crumbling, you can make the dough in advance and keep it in the freezer ready when you need it.
    These butter biscuits are light and crumbling, you can make the dough in advance and keep it in the freezer ready when you need it. #yourguardianche #dessert #Italianfood

    These 3 ingredient cookies no egg are light, crumbling, and very easy to make. Because they don't have egg nor yeast, the dough can be frozen. Make long cylinders, and when you want to bake them, just cut them into slices.

    3 ingredient cookies no egg on a wooden board
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    • Why these cookies are easy to make
    • They are so easy to make
    • More cookie dough you can freeze
    • Making an edible gift
    • 📋 3 Ingredient Cookies No Egg

    Why these cookies are easy to make

    The dough for these cookies is very easy as it is made with only 3 ingredients: sugar, butter, and flour.

    Also, you don't need any cookie cutters or messing with a rolling pin to shape them.

    To make the dough you need butter at room temperature. You mix the ingredients until the dough is compact and malleable.

    The dough is then rolled into a long cylinder (like a sausage), wrapped in cling foil, and stored in the fridge.

    The butter resolidified in the fridge and the dough will keep its shape. If you want to make a large supply, you can freeze them.

    To bake the biscuits you just need to cut thick slices, lay them on a parchment paper and bake.

    Make them fresh every time you want to serve them, they are fragrant, crunchy and will melt in your mouth.

    Everyone loves them!

    3 ingredient cookies dough cut into slices

    When to bake these cookies

    These cookies are ideal when unexpected guests arrive, take them out of the freezer for 30 minutes until the dough slightly softens so you can cut in slices, then bake for 15 minutes.

    If you are blocked at home during a snowy winter weekend. They are the perfect companions with a cup of tea and a good book.

    My boys love them so much that I like to surprise them in the morning when they go to school.

    During the weekend I prepare a few batches of cookie dough cylinders and keep them ready in the fridge.

    In the morning I cut a few slices and cook them for 15 minutes while the boys are getting ready for school.

    They attend the international school in Valbonne which is 1 hour away and they have to take the bus at 7 am in the morning.

    They can enjoy those warm and fragrant cookies during their bus ride, while they watch the sun rising over the Mediterranean sea.

    3 ingredient cookies no egg with Bronte Pistachios

    Add any flavor

    As the base of these 3 ingredient cookies no egg is very simple, you can add any flavor you like.

    In this recipe, I mix the cookie dough with grated pistachios from Bronte. Bronte is located on the Vulcano Etna appendices in Sicily.

    The rich soil of the Vulcano and the Mediterranean sun results on the production of some of the best pistachios and they obtained the European recognition of PDO product (Protected Designation of Origin).

    Every year there is a Pistachios festival in Sicily to celebrate this product.

    Besides pistachios, you can add any other nuts you like.

    You can also add some lemon or orange zest, orange flower water, almond essence...any flavor you fancy.

    Dry cranberry, chocolate chips, let your imagination go!

    Butter Biscuits mince the Bronte Pistachios

    They are so easy to make

    1. Mince the pistachios into a blender
    2. Combine all ingredients and mix for about 5 minutes. The mix will look flaky at the beginning but do not add any water. Keep mixing and it will come together into a dough
    3. Add the pistachios or any other flavor at the end.
    4. Roll it in two sausage shapes and wrap in cling foil.
    Making the cookies dough
    1. Keep in the fridge until the butter solidifies again, for a minimum of 30 minutes. You can freeze them if you want to keep a supply.
    2. When you are ready to bake them, cut the sausage into slices and lay them over a baking tin covered with parchment paper.
    3. Sprinkle with sugar and cook in a hot oven at 355 F- 180 C for 15 minutes.
    4. Once they are done, wait at least 10 minutes before placing them on a rack to cool down.
    Shaping and cooking the cookies

    More cookie dough you can freeze

    As I often have unexpected guests, especially my sons' friends, I like to keep a reserve of cookies in the freezer that I can take out and bake any time.

    Another very handy cookie dough you can freeze is the Struffoli.

    It is an Italian dessert mostly known as a Christmas tradition from Naples, but in many other Italian regions, it is eaten during Carnival and has different names: Pignolata, Purcedduzzi or Giggeri.  They are fried dough coated with caramelized honey. You can find the recipe HERE.

    If you want to know what else I freeze in my freezer, you can read the article: Once a Month Freezer Meal Prep

    Making an edible gift

    These cookies are perfect as an edible gift, especially if joined by a bottle of homemade liqueurs like Limoncello or curacao.

    When making these liqueurs you need to soak lemon zest or orange zest into 97% alcohol for few weeks. The alcohol is then filtered and mixed with syrup.

    I never throw away the zests, I grate them and freeze them to use them to flavor my cakes and biscuits.

    These 3 ingredient cookie dough is one of my favorite recipes for adding those alcoholic zests, they add a citrusy inebriant flavor.

    lemon and orange zest from liqueurs

    I place them into a wrap cello bags thigh it with a nice ribbon and give them as a gift with a bottle of homemade liqueur.

    At Christmas i also make mini meringue with the egg white leftover from the Eggnog.

    You can find out more about my homemade liqueurs in the category: liqueurs

    liqueurs and cookies as edible gifts

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    Butter Biscuits with Bronte Pistachios

    📋 3 Ingredient Cookies No Egg

    5 from 1 vote
    Laura Tobin
    Servings 24 biscuits
    Prep Time 5 minutes mins
    Cook Time 15 minutes mins
    Total Time 50 minutes mins
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    These 3 Ingredient Cookies No Egg are light and crumbling, you can make the dough in advance and keep it in the freezer ready when you need it.
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    Equipment

    • KitchenAid Mixer
    • Parchment paper
    • Braun blender
    • Wrap Cello Bags

    Ingredients
     

    • 1 cup butter at room temperature NOT MELTED
    • 2 ½ cup flour - type 00
    • ½ cup caster sugar
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 1 tablespoon pistachios can use any other nuts or lemon and orange zest
    • 1 pinch salt

    Instructions
     

    • Mince the pistachios into a blender
      1 tablespoon pistachios
      Butter Biscuits mince the Bronte Pistachios
    • Combine all ingredients and mix for about 5 minutes. The mix will look flaky at the beginning but do not add any water. Keep mixing and it will come together into a dough
      1 cup butter at room temperature, 2 ½ cup flour - type 00, ½ cup caster sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 pinch salt
    • Add the pistachios at the end. You can also add lemon or orange zest
    • Roll it in two sausage shapes and wrap in cling foil.
    • Keep in the fridge until the butter solidifies again, for a minimum of 30 minutes. You can freeze them if you want to keep a supply.
    • When you are ready to bake them, cut the sausage into slices and lay them over a baking tin covered with parchment paper.
    • Sprinkle with sugar and cook in a hot oven at 355 F - 180 C for 15 minutes.
    • Once they are done, wait at least 10 minutes before placing them on a rack to cool down.

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    Notes

    • Before you make these cookies, remember you need the butter at room temperature. Take it out of the fridge at least 30 minutes before
    • Do not melt the butter in the microwave, it should be just slightly soft but not melted
    • When you make the dough, the mix will look flaky at the beginning but do not add any water. Keep mixing and it will come together into a dough
    • You can freeze the dough wrapped in foil if you want to keep a supply for the winter.
    • You can mix it with any nuts, other essences or zests

    Nutrition

    Calories: 133kcalCarbohydrates: 14gProtein: 1gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 20mgSodium: 69mgPotassium: 19mgSugar: 4gVitamin A: 235IUCalcium: 4mgIron: 0.6mg
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    1. Albert Bevia

      November 13, 2017 at 6:28 pm

      5 stars
      this is such a great recipe, it uses simple ingredients and it´s easy to prepare, will be trying these beauties for sure!

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      • Laura

        November 13, 2017 at 7:45 pm

        Thank you Albert, they are so easy to make. You will love them

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