Tag: Cookies

Royal Icing

Royal Icing

Ingredients 450 grams icing / confectioners / powdered sugar, sifted 5 ml vanilla extract 2 large egg whites gel food colouring in your favourite colours Equipment Mixing bowl Whisk Spatula Piping bags Process Step 1: Combine icing sugar, vanilla and egg whites in a mixing 

Shortbread

Shortbread

What could be more perfect that a few bites of buttery homemade shortbread? The ideal accompaniment to a warm cup of tea or even a thoughtful gift to a friend or family. Process Step 1: Preheat the oven to 180°C. Line and butter a square 

Gingerbread Cookies

Gingerbread Cookies

This recipe combines warm spices like ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg into a chewy cookie that can be decorated by the kids. Make this versatile dough ahead of time and simply roll out and cut into any shape you desire, whether it’s gingerbread men or snowflakes for Christmas or the pieces of a gingerbread house.

Ingredients

  • 100 grams soft butter
  • 50 grams muscovado sugar
  • 5 tbsp golden syrup
  • 225 grams all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp ground ginger powder
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon powder
  • 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg powder

Equipment

  • Rolling pin
  • Saucepan
  • Whisk
  • Sieve
  • Baking tray/sheet pan
  • Cookie cutters
  • Clingfilm
  • Baking parchment/paper

Process

Step 1:

Gently heat the butter and muscovado sugar in a saucepan over a low heat until the sugar has completely dissolved. Do not boil.

Step 2:

Pour the butter and sugar mixture into a mixing bowl, sieve in the flour, baking soda, ground spices and golden syrup. Mix to combine into a dough.

Step 3:

Cover the dough in clingfilm and rest in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.

Step 4:

Preheat the oven to 170°C and line a baking tray with baking parchment.

Step 5:

Roll out the dough and use cookies cutters to cut out shapes and bake for 15 minutes.

Chocolate cookies

Chocolate cookies

These chocolate cookies are soft and buttery, much like the consistency of chocolate cake but in cookie form. I usually toss in chunks of whatever chocolate or sweets I have in the cupboard to use up last bits. Ingredients 100 grams butter 50 grams dark 

Custard Cookies

Custard Cookies

Process Preheat the oven to 170° C.  Line and grease a baking tray with baking paper or parchment. In a stand-mixer or with a balloon whisk, cream the butter and sugar until light & fluffy. Add the egg and whisk until combined. Sift in the 

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Process

Cream the butter and sugars until light and fluffy.

Whisk in the egg, vanilla and a tablespoon of flour to prevent the mixture from splitting.

Sift in the rest of the flour, salt & baking soda and fold into the rest of the ingredients.

Once the flour is incorporated, fold in the chocolate chips.

Scoop the cookie dough onto a lined baking tray and bake for 12 minutes at 180°.

Once baked, cool on a wire rack and then store in an airtight container.

Ingredients

  • 150g soft butter, plus extra for greasing the baking pan
  • 100g brown sugar
  • 30g granulated sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 whole egg
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 80g chocolate chips
  • 225g flour

Equipment

  • Mixing bowl
  • Sieve
  • Balloon whisk
  • Baking tray