melting moments
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Ingredients
- 180g butter, softened
- ¼ cup confectioner’s sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup all purpose flour, sifted
- ¼ cup cornstarch, sifted
- pink food colouring
These cookies have the texture of shortbread cookies, and they simply melt in your mouth (hence the name). Other versions of these cookies include piped rosettes with a glaced cherry on top, as well as round balls covered with icing sugar.
- Preheat the oven to 180ºC.
- Beat the butter, icing sugar and vanilla extract in a bowl until light and fluffy.
- Stir in the flour and cornstarch until combined.
- Set aside 1/4 of dough and colour with pink food colouring.
- Take 1 tsp of uncoloured dough and shape into a ball. Place on a greased baking sheet.
- Place the pink mixture into a piping bag fitted with a star nozzle. Pipe a flower/star onto the ball of uncoloured dough.
- Bake for 12-14 minutes or until golden. Cool on trays.
p.s. where did you find such a beautiful tray?!