Crumb Cookies Recipes

FREGOLATA: CRUMB COOKIE (ITALY)

Steps:

• Position a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment.
• Pulse the nuts in a food processor to finely chop, allowing some larger pieces of nuts to remain. In a large bowl, combine butter, almonds, flour, sugar, salt and cinnamon. In a small bowl, beat egg yolks with 1 tablespoon of the milk. Add the extract. Drizzle yolk mixture over almond mixture and toss with fingers to combine and get everything moistened. (If needed add up to 1 more tablespoon of milk.) Mixture should still be crumbly, but not dry, like a crisp topping.
• Sprinkle 1 cup (about half of the crumbs) on the prepared baking sheet and press lightly to create a thin, even 8-inch round. Sprinkle remaining crumbs over the top to give the cookie some texture. Bake until golden brown and crisp, rotating baking sheet halfway through baking, about 30 minutes. For an extra crispy cookie, turn oven off at this point and let the pan rest in oven for 10 minutes.
• Cool on a rack until easy to handle. Slip the fregolata on the paper onto a rack to cool completely. When cool, sift confectioners' sugar over top.
• To serve, place a whole almond or overturned demitasse spoon under the center of the fregolata and rap the top with a spoon or the side of a knife to crack into serving pieces.

18 BEST CRUMBLE COOKIE RECIPES FOR TASTY DESSERTS

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F. Prepare your cookie sheets with parchment paper. Then rub them with olive oil.
• Use a food processor to chop the dried apples into small pieces. Then, add the flour, butter, sugar, and a pinch of salt. Pulse until the mixture has a texture of fine crumbs. Set aside 3 tablespoons of the mixture.
• Add the egg and pulse until combined. If necessary, scrape down sides and pulse again to make sure everything is fully incorporated.
• Roll into 24 balls and press them down onto your cookie sheets. Ideally, cookies should be about 1.5 inches around.
• Sprinkle the reserved crumbs over the cookies and press them in lightly.
• Bake cookies for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.
• After cooling, transfer the cookies to a cooling rack. Enjoy!

CAKE CRUMB COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Crush cake into crumbs in a food processor.
• Beat eggs and milk then add cake crumbs and let stand 15 minutes.
• Blend in sugar, margarine and vanilla.
• In a separate bowl sift together flour, soda, baking powder, salt, and spices and add to sugar mixture. Fold in remaining ingredients.
• Drop by the tablespoonful on greased cookie sheets. Flatten to about 1/3" thick. These cookies do not spread so you can space them close to each other.
• Bake 10-15 minutes until edges and bottoms are golden. They won't brown much overall. Store airtight.

BREAD CRUMB COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix dry ingredients in large bowl.
• Combine liquids and add to dry.
• Drop by spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes.
• Remove from pan while still warm.
• Cool on rack.
• Variations: Mexican Chocolate Cookies: add 1 tsp cinnamon and almonds.
• Cinnamon Sugar Cookies: omit cocoa add 1 tsp cinnamon.
• Cappuccino Cookies; add 1 tsp cinnamon, and 2 Tbsp instant coffee.