Recipes

     

Melting Moments/Perfect Eggless Cookies Recipe

You could use the vanilla or 1/2 tsp cardamom powder. You can also dust these cookies with icing or confectioner’s sugar.

Ingredients:

 (3/4 cup) plain flour
 (2 tbsp) cornflour
 (1/2 cup) icing sugar
 (1/2 cup) butter
2 tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla extract

Method:

Sieve the flour and the cornflour together into a bowl.

In another bowl mix in the butter and the sugar with a hand blender or a wire whisk or put in the stand mixer with the paddle attachment and blend until smooth and creamy.

Put in the flour mixture, milk and vanilla extract and mix until smooth and there are no lumps.

Pre heat the oven to 180 degrees centigrade/ 350F/Gas mark 4.

Put the entire mixture into a piping bag fitted with a star nozzle and pipe into stars (rosettes) on a lightly greased baking tin or a tin lined with baking parchment. Alternatively make small balls, flatten lightly with your palms and bake.

Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until the cookies turn golden brown at the edges.

 Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting.

Ingredients

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream

Directions

1. In a small bowl beat whipping cream until stiff peaks form; set aside.
2. In a large bowl combine cream cheese, sugar, salt and vanilla. Beat until smooth, then fold in whipped cream.