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Cigarette Cookies
April 1981
In a bowl cream together 1/2 stick (1/4 cup) unsalted butter, softened, and 1/2 cup sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy, add 2 large egg whites, and beat the mixture for 5 to 10 seconds, or until it is smooth but not frothy. Sift 5 tablespoons sifted cake flour over the mixture and fold it in.
Drop level teaspoons of the batter 4 inches apart onto buttered and floured baking sheets and with a metal spatula spread them carefully into 4- by 2-inch ovals. Bake the cookies in the middle of a preheated hot oven (425º F.) for 4 to 5 minutes, or until they are golden, and let them stand on the sheets for 30 seconds, or until they are just firm enough to hold their shape. Loosen the cookies from the sheets with a metal spatula and working quickly roll each cookie lengthwise around the handle of a chopstick to form a thin cylinder, transferring them as they are rolled to a rack to cool. (If the cookies become too hard to roll, return them to the oven for a few seconds to soften them.)
In a custard cup or a small ramekin heat 2 ounces semisweet chocolate in a preheated slow oven (300º F.) for 10 to 15 minutes, or until it is melted. Dip 1 end of each cookie into the chocolate and transfer the cookies to a rack to cool. Serve the cookies in a cigarette box. Makes about 30 cookies.
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