Receta · Elbasan, Albania

Ballokume

Elbasan butter cookies

⏱ 45 min🍽 Serves 20 pieces

The cookie of Dita e Verës (Summer Day, March 14). Crumbly, buttery and slightly domed with a cracked top.

Ballokume
Photo: Drenisa, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Përbërësit

Ingredients

  • 250 g butter (traditionally clarified), softened
  • 250 g sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 300 g fine cornmeal
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Përgatitja

Method

  1. Beat the butter and sugar for a long time, until very pale and fluffy.
  2. Add the eggs one at a time, then the vanilla.
  3. Fold in the cornmeal to a soft dough.
  4. Shape small balls, flatten slightly on a tray and bake at 180 °C (350 °F) for 15–20 minutes until the tops crack.

Video

Watch it made

Videos are by independent Albanian cooks on YouTube. Their method may differ from ours.

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