French cookies
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Kathleen Rogan saved to Recipes
My French Butter cookies recipe creates crisp, rich, buttery, melt in your mouth deliciousness. Easy to make with just 5 basic ingredients!

Debbie Wright saved to Cookie Jar
Palmiers are incredibly easy to make. With just two ingredients and 10 minutes of baking time, you will have cookies to rival the fanciest of bakeries.

Katie Popov saved to Desserts
This easy French Sable Cookies recipe shows you how to make this classic butter shortbread cookie. They're crisp, rich and delicious.

Leesa Hilty saved to Cool Cookies
289 · 30 minutes · Classic French butter cookies made with a shortbread-type of dough and salted butter.
289 · 30 minutes · Classic French butter cookies made with a shortbread-type of dough and salted butter.
5 ingredients
Refrigerated
- • 3 Egg yolks
Baking & Spices
- • 2 1/8 cups All-purpose flour
- • 9/16 cup Granulated sugar
- • 1 tsp Vanilla extract
Dairy
- • 13/16 cup Butter, salted
Shelley Kirschner saved to Desserts
Classic French Palmiers cookies, or elephant ear cookies, are easy to make at home! A perfect Palmiers recipe with a light and sugary crunch.

Anita Abraham saved to Cookies
These "Lunettes de Romans" French cookies are made of crisp and buttery sables cookies filled with raspberry jam. So simple to make, and so pretty!
Tina Hazou saved to Tina 3
7 · 60 minutes · Delicious homemade French Cookies with Chocolate, also called Pétit Beurre or Pétit Écolier.
8 ingredients
Baking & Spices
- • 1 tsp Baking powder
- • 100 g Caster sugar
- • 350 g Chocolate, good-quality
- • 250 g Plain flour
- • 1 pinch Salt, fine
- • 1 tsp Vanilla extract
Dairy
- • 100 g Butter, unsalted
Liquids
- • 60 ml Water
Nur Hassanah Mahmood saved to Biscuits / Cookies
18 · 60 minutes · These crisp, buttery French Shortbread Cookies (Sablés Bretons) are crazy delicious. They look and sound quite fancy but, in reality, they're super easy with just one bowl and no mixer needed!
7 ingredients
Refrigerated
- • 2 Egg yolks
Baking & Spices
- • 2 1/8 cups All purpose flour
- • 1/4 cup Granulated sugar
- • 1 Granulated sugar or vanilla sugar
- • 1/2 cup Powdered sugar
- • 1 tsp Vanilla extract
Dairy
- • 1 cup Butter, very soft

Donna Hann | Alter Ego Designs saved to Baking
4 · 35 minutes · These wonderfully moist morsels are too tempting to resist. They melt right in your mouth. Rather than sprinkling the chocolate tips with nuts, you can roll them in red and green jimmies or leave them plain. —Charolette Westfall, Houston, Texas
4 · 35 minutes · These wonderfully moist morsels are too tempting to resist. They melt right in your mouth. Rather than sprinkling the chocolate tips with nuts, you can roll them in red and green jimmies or leave them plain. —Charolette Westfall, Houston, Texas
7 ingredients
Baking & Spices
- • 2 cups All-purpose flour
- • 1 cup Chocolate chips, semisweet
- • 1/2 cup Confectioners' sugar
- • 1 tbsp Shortening
- • 1 tsp Vanilla extract
Nuts & Seeds
- • 1/2 cup Pecans
Dairy
- • 1 cup Butter

Jessica Cahoon / fort & field saved to sweets