Cigarettes Russes

there isn't too much that i can say about these. all i think of when i see these cookies are trips to sam's club. oh yes. sam's club is a wholesale store in the south - owned by wal-mart, yada yada. basically its a place you can buy a pack of 144 super sized snicker bars or if you felt adventurous a "gold" and "diamond" tennis bracelet. right. anyways my family loves sam's club. we're in the club.

why the heck would cigarette russes remind me of a wholesale store? well its the best place to stock up on your much needed 5lb canister of these guys. what's strange is that even though you are literally getting these treats out of a humongous can printed with an oh so sexy picture of the cookies flying around in the garden of eden and sparkles you feel like that there is something european about them. and european means delicious. right? you know you agree. sam's club wholesale european delish cookies. yum.

Cigarettes Russes

(via Martha Stewart)

2c powdered sugar

1 1/4 c flour

pinch salt

5.25 oz butter, melted

6 large egg whites, lightly beaten

1 tbs heavy cream

1 tsp vanilla

*sift together the sugar, flour & salt

*add butter, egg whites, heavy cream and vanilla

*stir to combine, cover and chill for 2 hours

*preheat oven to 425F, put silicone mat down on cookie sheet

*spoon out (4) 1tbs full scoops of the batter onto the prepared sheet

*with a knife spread the batter out to 6 x 3 1/2" paper thin ovals

*cook 6 minutes until the edges begin to brown

*lift the cookies off one at a time with a spatula and roll around a chopstick, repeat with remaining cookies / batter

GLAZE

4 oz bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped

2 tsp vegetable oil

*melt chocolate over double broiler

*take off heat and stir in oil

*dip the rolled cookies in the chocolate