Elsie's Fingers
These cookies from New Zealand are called Elsie's fingers. Why? Come and find out and learn how to make them on Italian Kiwi.
Servings: 16 large or 30 small
Ingredients
- 125 g Butter 4.2oz, 1/2 cup
- 90 g White sugar 3 oz, 1/2 cup
- 1 Egg
- 250 - 300 g All-purpose flour 14.1 oz, 2 - 2 1/2 cups
- 1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
- Extra sugar for rolling cookies in
Instructions
- Cream butter (at room temperature) and sugar together until white and fluffy.
- Beat in the egg.
- Mix together the flour and baking powder, then stir it into the creamed mixture.
- Line a cookie tray with baking paper and heat the oven to 180ºC (350ºF) .
- Roll walnut size pieces of dough into sausage shapes, then roll them in sugar and place them on the baking tray.
- Bake for 12 - 15 minutes until they are light brown in colour.
Notes
If you look at the recipe you will see that the flour varies by 1/2 a cup. This depends on the size of the egg you're using. Add all the flour, except the last 50g (1/2 cup) first and mix it in, the if the dough is still too sticky, keep adding flour until it doesn't stick to your hands.