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Offelle di Parona Recipe (Italian Butter Cookies from Lombardy)
Offelle di Parona are traditional Italian butter cookies from Parona, a small town in the province of Pavia, in Lombardy. Made with a simple pasta frolla dough, they are delicate, fragrant, and pleasantly crumbly.
Ingredients
- 300 g 00 flour or all-purpose flour - 2 ½ cups
- 150 g granulated sugar - ¾ cup
- 150 g unsalted butter, softened - ⅔ cup
- 1 large egg
- 1 organic lemon, only the zest
- 1 pinch salt
Instructions
Make the Dough
- To make Offelle di Parona, place the flour and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer and mix briefly.
- Add the softened butter, cut into small pieces, the egg, a pinch of salt, and the grated lemon zest.Using the flat beater attachment, start mixing at low speed, then gradually increase the speed until the dough comes together. The dough is ready when it becomes compact and pulls away from the sides of the bowl.NOTE: If you don’t have a stand mixer, you can make the dough by hand on a work surface or in a large bowl.
- Transfer the pasta frolla to a work surface and shape it into a ball. Wrap it in plastic wrap and let it rest in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes.
Roll and Cut the Cookies
- Once the dough has rested, remove it from the refrigerator and place it on a lightly floured work surface.Roll out the dough with a rolling pin to a thickness of about 5 mm, or ¼ inch. Offelle di Parona should not be too thin.
- Using an oval cookie cutter, cut out the cookies. If you don’t have one, you can shape them freehand with a knife. Traditionally, Offelle di Parona are oval-shaped, about 8–10 cm long (3–4 inches) and 5–6 cm wide (2–2 ½ inches).
Bake Until Lightly Golden
- Place the cookies, well spaced apart, on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake in a preheated oven at 200°C (390°F) on the convection setting for about 10 minutes.The cookies should remain light in color and should not brown too much. Only the edges should be slightly golden.
- Once baked, remove them from the oven and let them cool for a few minutes on the baking sheet before transferring them to a wire rack or serving plate.
- Serve and enjoy them plain, with coffee or tea, or dipped in wine according to tradition.
Nutrition
Serving: 100gCalories: 112kcalCarbohydrates: 15gProtein: 2gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 19mgSodium: 43mgPotassium: 17mgFiber: 0.3gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 159IUCalcium: 4mgIron: 1mg
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