Lattice Cookies
Lattice Cookies might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 8. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 231 calories, 3g of protein, and 12g of fat per serving. If you have vanilla, egg, sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.
Instructions
In a food processor or bowl, combine flour, 1/4 cup sugar, and salt.
Add butter and whirl or cut in with a pastry cutter until fine crumbs form. In a small bowl, beat egg with vanilla to blend.
Add to flour mixture and whirl or mix with a fork until dough is evenly moistened and starts to clump together. Press into a ball, then divide in half.
On a 12- by 15-inch piece of plastic wrap, using your hands, roll one dough half into a 6-inch-long log; cover with another piece of plastic wrap. With a rolling pin, roll log into an even, 1/4-inch-thick rectangle about 6 inches wide and 9 inches long (edges can be ragged). Repeat to roll remaining dough half.
Transfer each rectangle to a 14- by 17-inch baking sheet and chill until firm, 15 to 20 minutes.
Working with one rectangle at a time (keep other chilled), transfer to a board. Pull off top sheet of plastic wrap and cut dough crosswise into 16 strips about 1/2 inch wide and 6 inches long. On a 14- by 17-inch baking sheet lined with cooking parchment, or a buttered nonstick baking sheet, arrange four strips in a tic-tac-toe pattern: two parallel, then two over the top, perpendicular to the first, about 1 inch apart. Press lightly where strips cross. Repeat to shape remaining cookies, spacing at least 1/2 inch apart on baking sheets (you'll need two).
Sprinkle with 2 to 3 tablespoons sugar.
Bake cookies in a 325 regular or convection oven until lightly browned at edges, 20 to 25 minutes; switch sheet positions halfway through baking.
Transfer sheets to racks to cool. With a wide spatula, gently loosen cookies.