Brown Sugar Crisp Crumbles
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons dark-brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 4 ounces (1 stick) cold butter, in 1/2-inch pieces
- 3 tablespoons cold water
- A food processor or a hand-held pastry cutter
- A rimmed baking sheet
- Parchment paper
- Preheat the oven to 400.
- It is quickest to mix the crisp in the food processor, fitted with the metal blade.
- Put the flour, sugars, cinnamon, and salt in the work-bowl.
- Process briefly to blend the dry ingredients.
- Drop in the butter pieces and pulse a dozen or so times, until the butter has been uniformly cut into a sandy powder of small bits.
- Sprinkle on the water, and process for a couple of seconds only, just to moisten the dough; it should still be rather loose and granular.
- To mix by hand, blend the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl and cut the butter into the grainy powder with a pastry cutter.
- Toss the powder and water with a fork to moisten.
- Line the baking sheet with the parchment paper.
- Sprinkle the loose grains of dough evenlyin one layerin an oval shape about 8 by 12 inches, filling in any holes and keeping the layer thin; dont compress them.
- Bake for about 10 minutes, then rotate back to front, for even heating.
- The crumbs will have melted together, spread out in a thin layer, and perhaps started to bubble.
- Bake for another 7 to 10 minutes or more, until the layer is deeply caramelized, golden brown all over (and probably very dark on the edges).
- It will resemble a giant brown sugar cookie.
- Set the pan on a wire rack, and cool until the cookie is very crisp.
- Cut or break off any burnt edges.
- Crack the cookie into crispy flakes, an inch or smaller.
- This is a good size for munching; you can crumble them up a bit more when layering the parfait.
flour, sugar, darkbrown sugar, cinnamon, salt, cold butter, cold water, processor, baking sheet, paper
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/brown-sugar-crisp-crumbles-384555 (may not work)