Pressed Floral Cookies
If you are looking for a fun and unique way to decorate your cookies, give this pressed floral cookie technique a try! A great way to create patterns with cookie dough on cookie dough. The effect is so pretty.
Ingredients:
70g room temperature butter
45g icing sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
pinch of salt
20g eggs (whole egg whisked)
120g cake flour
gel food colouring of choice
Instructions:
Preheat your oven 150°C and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a medium bowl, cream the butter and icing sugar together until creamy with a whisk.
Then whisk in the eggs and vanilla paste until well combined.
Fold in the cake flour and salt with a spatula until the dough is smooth and forms a ball.
Divide the cookie dough 3/4 base biscuit colour 1/4 you can divide the dough and colour to create any kind of pattern you desire. You can always double the recipe then you can play around with the scale of the patterns.
Check out the instagram video below on how to create this floral pattern.
After the pattern is finished cut the desired cookie shape and chill the whole cookie sheet for 10/15 minutes so you get a clean cookie edge when you lift each cookie onto the prepared baking sheet. Makes about 10-12 cookies (varies on the cookies cutter size you use)
Chill for another 10minutes.
Bake for 20 minutes or until the edges are lightly golden brown.
Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.