Lemon-Cornmeal Sheet Cookie

By ctozzi

Think of these sweets as deconstructed biscotti. The cookies have a similar flavor, but here the dough is pressed into a single flat sheet for faster baking and then broken into jagged pieces....Martha Stewart

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup fine ground yellow cornmeal
• 1 teaspoon anise seeds
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• Coarse salt
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 large egg, plus 1 large egg white, lightly beaten for egg wash
• 2 teaspoons finely grated lemon zest
• 2 tablespoons sliced almonds

Preparation

Step 1

1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Whisk together flour, cornmeal, anise seeds, baking powder, and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a medium bowl.

2.Beat butter and 1/2 cup sugar with a mixer on medium speed until pale and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in whole egg and zest. Reduce speed to low, and beat in flour mixture.

3.Press dough into an even 1/4-inch thickness on a parchmentlined baking sheet. Brush with egg wash; sprinkle with almonds and remaining tablespoon sugar. Bake until golden, 22 to 25 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack. Break into pieces.