Name: Salted Praline Langues de Chat
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 1 hr
Yield: Makes 5 to 6 dozen cookies
Ingredients: 1 cup sugar; 1/2 cup sliced almonds (preferably with skin), toasted; 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1/4 teaspoon table salt; 1/3 cup sliced almonds (preferably with skin); 1 cup sugar; 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, softened; 5 large egg whites; 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 1/8 teaspoon pure almond extract; Flaky sea salt, such as Maldon, for sprinkling; Equipment: a pastry bag fitted with a 3/8-inch plain tip

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Salted Praline Langues de ChatRomulo Yanes

Love a cookie with crunch? These thin, crisp butter cookies are for you—each one is topped with crumbled almond praline, and its flavor plays on the time-tested combination of caramel and salt.

Cook's notes:

· We used an Ateco 804 plain tip for our cookies. · To avoid stickiness, try to bake these cookies on a dry day. · Praline can be made 1 week ahead and kept in an airtight container at room temperature. • cookies keep, layered between sheets of parchment, in an airtight container at room temperature 1 week.

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