Tan Fingers

Name: Tan Fingers
Yield: Twenty-four 2-inch squares
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 14 tablespoons (1¾ sticks) unsalted butter, softened; ¼ teaspoon salt; ½ cup sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; One 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk; 1 tablespoon light corn syrup; 2¼ cups unbleached all-purpose flour (spoon flour into dry-measure cup and level off); 5 tablespoons unsalted butter

Preparation info

Twenty-four
2 inch squares

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Baker's Tour

By Nick Malgieri

Published 2005

About

This intriguing bar cookie was shared by my friend Thea Cvijanovich. Her sister Eva Abplanalp, who lives in Kamo-Whangarei, New Zealand, sent the recipe to her. It is a popular New Zealand cookie.

Ingredients

Dough

14 tablespoons (1¾ sticks) unsalted butter, softened
½ cup sugar

Oceania
Europe
Italy
New Zealand
Mediterranean
Cookies
Vegetarian

Method

Set a rack in the lowest level of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees.
For the dough, beat the butter with the sugar and salt in an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on medium speed, until soft and light, 2 to 3 minutes.
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