Shortcrust sweet pastry : Ideal for Pies and Cookies…
Shortcrust sweet pastry : Ideal for Pies and Cookies is a sweet recipe for making simple and delicious butter cookies to be frosted with dark chocolate or filled with Nutella or jam.
This sweet cookie dough recipe is a very simple recipe to make with a very crumbly shortbread dough that does not warp in baking with perfect dark chocolate frosting.
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Ingredients:
For the Pastry:
- 350g (2 3/4 cups) plain flour / all-purpose flour
- 150g (1 1/4 cups) potato starch
- 150g (1 1/4 cups) icing sugar / powdered sugar
- 5g (1 teaspoon) baking powder
- 250g (1 cup / 2 sticks) unsalted butter, cubed
- 1 whole egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
For the Filling and Glaze:
- Nutella or jam, as needed
- 250g (1 1/8 cups) dark chocolate, melted
- 1 tsp glucose syrup corn syrup
How to make Shortcrust sweet Pastry:
- To make this crumbly and delicious cookie perfect for Christmas for frosting or filling, we start by preparing the crumbly shortbread base.
- In a bowl mix the flour, potato starch, baking powder and powdered sugar, add the butter and start kneading.
Once a sandy mixture is obtained, add the whole egg and yolk and vanilla, knead until smooth. - Wrap the resulting shortcrust pastry loaf with plastic wrap and let it rest in the refrigerator for about 2 hours or overnight.
- Once rested, roll out the shortcrust pastry on a floured work surface , obtaining a thickness of half an inch.
Using a cookie cutter of any shape, cut out the cookies, place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake at 180°C (360°F) for about 15 minutes. - Once baked, allow the cookies to cool completely before frosting or stuffing.
- Melt the chocolate with a teaspoon of glucose or butter in a double boiler, and dip the cookies one at a time in the dark chocolate and add hazelnut crumbs, coconut flakes or colored sprinkles if you prefer.
- Once frosted, you can assemble the cookies by adding a nutella or jam filling if you prefer.
- Allow the cookies to dry on a foil-lined work surface before consuming them.
- At this point, your crumbly, mouth-watering Christmas cookie with chocolate frosting will be ready to enjoy.
ENJOY!!!
