Assorted Shortbread Cookies Recipe So EASY & Delicious | ONLY 3 main ingredients
Assorted Shortbread Cookies – To be honest, I’m not quite a cookie person, but butter cookies or shortbread are my favourite cookies. My sister made these and she gave me as a gift during the Lunar festival, I was like wow, they are amazingly delicious. I want to make them too. This recipe is pretty amazing with only 3 main ingredients, flour, butter and sugar, yes that is all. I added cranberries, pistachios and almonds in 3 different variations respectively, vanilla, matcha and chocolate. Best gift for any festivals. If you have tried “Walkers” Shortbread (I also have a box here to compare), I can tell you these homemade shortbread are as delicious as Walkers or even better. As I was editing this video, I was craving for it and kept taking from my kitchen. Yummy!
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Ingredients:
226g [1 cup] unsalted butter, softened*
100g [½ cup] fine sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
¼ tsp salt
*if you use salted butter, then just omit the salt
Vanilla:
113g [¾ cup + 3 tbsp] all-purpose flour
25g [¼ cup] dried cranberries, chopped
Matcha:
100g [¾ cup + 1 tbsp] all-purpose flour
10g [2 tbsp] matcha powder
25g [¼ cup] pistachios nuts, chopped
Chocolate:
95g [¾ cup + 1 tbsp] all-purpose flour
15g [2 tbsp] cocoa powder
25g [¼ cup] almond nuts, chopped
Instructions:
1. In a large mixing bowl, add softened butter and sugar. Mix until creamy, fluffy and pale.
2. Add vanilla extract and salt, mix until well combined.
3. Divide the batter evenly into 3. It’s recommended to use a weighing scale for better result.
Vanilla:
1. In the bowl of butter and sugar mixture, sift the flour into the bowl.
2. Press and fold with a spatula, as shown in the video, until it almost comes together.
3. Add in the chopped cranberries. Knead until it comes together.
4. Transfer the dough onto a parchment paper, one half side of the parchment paper, so that the other side can be used to cover the top.
5. Roll out the dough to about 6mm thick. Use a scraper to shape the sides neatly and evenly. Cover back the dough with the parchment paper.
6. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until it is hardened.
7. After 1 hour, cut the dough into the size or shape you desire. Place the cookie dough onto a baking pan.
8. Bake in preheated oven at 160°C/320°F for 20 minutes or until they are lightly brown.
9. Cool on a cooling rack.
Matcha:
1. In the bowl of butter and sugar mixture, sift the flour and matcha powder into the bowl.
2. Press and fold with a spatula, as shown in the video, until it almost comes together.
3. Add in the chopped pistachio nuts. Knead until it comes together.
4. Transfer the dough onto a parchment paper, one half side of the parchment paper, so that the other side can be used to cover the top.
5. Roll out the dough to about 6mm thick. Use a scraper to shape the sides neatly and evenly. Cover back the dough with the parchment paper.
6. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until it is hardened.
7. After 1 hour, cut the dough into the size or shape you desire. Place the cookie dough onto a baking pan.
8. Bake in preheated oven at 160°C/320°F for 20 minutes or until they are lightly brown.
9. Cool on a cooling rack.
Chocolate:
1. In the bowl of butter and sugar mixture, sift the flour and cocoa powder into the bowl.
2. Press and fold with a spatula, as shown in the video, until it almost comes together.
3. Add in the chopped almond nuts. Knead until it comes together.
4. Transfer the dough onto a parchment paper, one half side of the parchment paper, so that the other side can be used to cover the top.
5. Roll out the dough to about 6mm thick. Use a scraper to shape the sides neatly and evenly. I added additional almond slice on top to make it look nicer. Cover back the dough with the parchment paper.
6. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until it is hardened.
7. After 1 hour, cut the dough into the size or shape you desire. Place the cookie dough onto a baking pan.
8. Bake in preheated oven at 160°C/320°F for 20 minutes or until they are lightly brown.
9. Cool on a cooling rack.
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Checkerboard Cake Recipe - Black and White Cake
A checkerboard cake is impressive and surprisingly easy to make. Four layers of vanilla and chocolate cake frosted with chocolate ganache create this wonderful checkerboard effect. A fun new way to decorate a cake!
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Checkerboard cookies can be easily made step by step. The black and white cookies are a German inspired recipe. You can also make different shapes such as pinwheels, yin yang, tetris shaped and cut out heart and star black and white cookies.
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Ingredients from the the video:
!For the white dough:
50 grams soft salted butter or 1.8 oz 1/4 cup (you can use unsalted butter too but add a pinch of salt to the dough separately)
3 Tablespoons powdered Sugar
1/2 amount of one scrambled Egg (the black dough will require the other half of the scrambled egg)
2-4 drops Vanilla Essence
100 grams All Purpose Flour or 3.5 oz or 4/5 cups
!For the black dough
50 grams soft salted butter or 1.8 oz 1/4 cup (you can use unsalted butter too but add a pinch of salt to the dough separately)
3 Tablespoons Powdered Sugar
1/2 amount of one scrambled Egg (the black dough will require the other half of the scrambled egg)
80 grams All Purpose Flour or 2.8 oz or 5/8 cups
20 grams unsweetened Cocoa powder or 0.7 oz or 1/6 cup
RAINBOW CheckerBoard Cake - How to Make a Surprise Inside Rainbow Cube Cake
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You've all see the traditional Checker Board cake design but today I'm showing you how to make it super colourful with a Rainbow checkerboard design, hidden as a surprise inside this beautiful cake!
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Ingredients:
Double batch of buttercream frosting
Double batch vanilla or white cake mix
Food colouring - I used Americolour electric orange, electric yellow, electric purple, tulip red, mint green and electric blue
Tools:
2 spoons
Butter knife
Ruler
Serrated / bread knife
Offset spatula
12 cake board
6 cake tin (I used several layer cake tins for this one, each 1 high)
1 x 3.3/4 (9.2cm) circle cutter
1 x 1.7/8 (4.7cm) circle cutter
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