Christmas Custard Cookies
These cookies are so delicious, it’s difficult to stop at just a couple and impossible to eat just one. It is a variation of a shortbread recipe. I had every intention to bake the recipe my mother and Aunts would use every Christmas (they made hundreds of shortbread biscuits like these with a glacé cherry on top every Christmas), and although I did make a batch using their recipe, they didn’t hold their shape as much as I’d hoped one they were baked. This recipe gave me much more satisfaction aesthetically, and they also don’t disappoint where flavour is concerned. They are buttery, light and just melt in your mouth. The addition of custard powder is a genius ingredient. There is cornflour in many shortbread cookie recipes, custard powder is made up of cornflour, plus the addition of that yummy custard flavour.
I’ve called them Christmas Custard Cookies, but you can seriously make these whenever you like. Alternate the glacé cherry with walnuts or pecan nuts or you can bake them bare. While you can mix the ingredients by hand, I used my electric cake mixer.
Christmas Custard Cookies
- 250g butter, room temperature
- 155g icing sugar
- 250g plain flour
- 155g custard powder
- 1 egg, beaten
- 250g glacé cherries
- Preheat oven to 180°C.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until pale and creamy.
- In another bowl, mix together the flour and custard powder.
- Add beaten egg to the butter and sugar and mix well until incorporated into mixture.
- Add dry ingredients to butter, sugar and egg mixture and mx until a dough forms.
- Transfer mixture into a piping bag fixed with star tip.
- Pipe cookies onto a baking tray lined with baking paper. Add a glacé cherry to the centre of each.
- Bake for 13 – 15 minutes. Allow to cool for a few minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack to cool completely.
CHRISTMAS CUSTARD COOKIES
In alcune regioni, come l’Australia e il Regno Unito, la popolarità di questo tipo di dessert è tale da essere conosciuta semplicemente come “crema pasticcera”. In questi casi, l’uso generale della parola può essere più probabile che si riferisca alla crema “Bird’s” piuttosto che alla tradizionale crema a base di uova.”
Ingredienti
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250g di burro, temperatura ambiente
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155g zucchero a velo
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250g di farina
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155g ‘custard powder’ preparato per la crema pasticcera
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1 uovo, battuto
- 250g ciliegie candite
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Preriscaldare il forno a 180 °C.
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Nella ciotola di una planetaria, mescolare insieme il burro e lo zucchero fino a che è pallido e cremoso.
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In un’altra ciotola, mescolare insieme la farina e la polvere della crema pasticcera.
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Aggiungere l’uovo sbattuto al burro e zucchero e mescolare bene fino a quando è incorporato bene.
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Aggiungere ingredienti asciutti al burro, zucchero e uova e mescolare fino a quando l’impasto e uniforme.
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Trasferire la miscela in una “sac a poche” fissato con la punta a stella.
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Convogliare i biscotti su una teglia foderata con carta da forno, e aggiunge una ciliegia sopra ognuno.
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Cuocere per 13-15 minuti. Lasciare raffreddare per alcuni minuti prima di trasferirli su una griglia per raffreddare completamente.