I have not been posting about my baking adventure for sometime, so few days back, I attempted this recipe which was adapted from a cookbook I bought from Borders. Although the title said Vanilla Flowers, mine doesn't turn out flowery looking as I don't have the piping tools to squeeze the batter out into flower looking shaped cookies. Anyway, without further ado, here goes:
VANILLA FLOWER COOKIES
PREPARATION TIME: LESS THAN HALF AN HOUR
* About 10 minutes to mix & prepare the dough
* 15 minutes for baking process
Ingredients / Tool Required:
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* 150 g all-purpose flour sifted (I used wheat flour)
* 50 g cornflour (sifted)
* Few drops of vanilla essence
* 200 g butter (I used salted butter instead)
* 50 g icing sugar (sifted)
* Semisweet chocolate chips
* A bowl to mix ingredients in
* Kitchen scale
* Spatula, piping tool (I used a plastic bag with one end snipped a bit)
* Baking sheet & paper
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What to Do?
* Preheat oven to 180℃.
* In a mixing bowl, cream the butter & icing sugar together. Pour a few drops of vanilla essence as well.
* Sift together bit by bit the cornflour and wheat flour into the mixing bowl.
* Put the batter into the piping tool and squeeze out the flowery shaped dough on the baking sheets/tray, spaced slightly apart.
* Decorate with icing flowers (I used chocolate chips instead). See picture below...
BAKING PROCESS
* Set oven to 180℃ and bake for 10-15 minutes until light golden brown.
* Remove from sheets to cool on racks.
THE RESULTS
REACTIONS FROM MY "GUINEA PIGS"
So there you go.... my VANILLA FLOWER COOKIES! Overall, I'm very happy with this attempt! I leave you with some cute snapshots of my cheeky little man trying to get hold of the cookies...
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