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Pasticcheria Chiarugi
Piazza Carducci
Rosignano Marittimo
Tuscany
INGREDIENTS
Quantity for 2 small bags. Quadruple measurements for same batch size as in video.
Dough:
90g butter
190g icing sugar
2 medium eggs (about 100g)
250g plain flour
good pinch of salt
brown sugar (to sprinkle before going in oven)
Flavor suggestions:
50g chopped toasted nuts: almonds, or hazelnuts, or walnuts...or 50g chocolate chips ,
or 50g sultanas
2 tbs of: honey, or 2 tps of cinnamon, marmalade, candied peel, vanilla essence
Any combination of above or experiment with your own preferred flavors.
For soft cantuccini loved by children, form 10cm long logs with the dough, bake just once and cut into preferred size just before eating or...eat the whole log :)
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