This recipe is from a friend of Uncle Giorgio whose name I can’t remember. I ate them for the first time during a charity party held at the Santo Spirito Hospital, where my uncle was chief of surgery, in favor of the “Lazio Surgery in Solidarity” Onlus that provides healthcare in one of the poorest countries in the world: Ethiopia.
They are delicious cookies and super easy to make.

Desert roses: cookies with cornflakes

  • Preparation time: 60 minutes
  • Ingredients for 34 cookies
  • Difficulty: Easy recipe

  • Ingredients
  • 7 oz or 200 g of butter
  • 4 oz or 110 g of sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup or 250 g of flour
  • 1 sachet of baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
  • 2 oz or 50 g of raisins
  • The grated peel of 1 lemon
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 1 pack of corn flakes
  1. Instructions
  2. In a bowl full of boiling water, leave the raisins to soak for about ten minutes. After this time, drain and squeeze them well.
  3. In a bowl, whip the butter with the sugar.
  4. Add the grated lemon peel, vanilla, and salt, continuing to mix well.
  5. Finally, add the sifted flour with the baking powder and raisins.
  6. In a bowl, pour abundant cornflakes.
  7. With a teaspoon, take a little dough at a time and roll it in the corn flakes.
  8. Place the cookies – well-spaced – on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper.
  9. Bake in a preheated oven at 350 ° F for about fifteen to twenty minutes.

Tips to ensure the success of the dish:

  • The butter must be at room temperature in order to whip it well with the sugar. Leave it out of the refrigerator for at least an hour before starting the cookies.
  • The eggs must be at room temperature.
  • The timing of baking is only indicative because each oven cooks differently.