I know, I know… it’s been a while since I came by here and posted something new. In my defence I have to say that these last few weeks there have been a lot of changes, both in attitude and plan. That said, with this post I promise to come back to my old regularity!
On May 22nd was the birthday of our friend and godmother of our “not-wedding”, Bea, who is not only celebrating her birthday as she is also celebrating the coming of her first daughter Elvira this fall! My Pechu and I are very excited and happy with the news and I always try to send her some treats to keep her sweet and, in good spirit! So I resolved to set my kitchen in action and make some very simple but delicious cookies like I used to when we were neighbours. Since everything is delayed here at home, it was today that I was able to send them, and I haven’t had feedback, but I’m sure she’ll like them!
These cookies that I talk so much are so easy to make, and you could even make the dough a few days in advance keeping it in the fridge! Having said that I added a twist to the old recipe: half of it has cocoa! You just can’t imagine how tasty they are, with that hint of salt and that cocoa… Did I already say how easy to make they are?
On May 22nd was the birthday of our friend and godmother of our “not-wedding”, Bea, who is not only celebrating her birthday as she is also celebrating the coming of her first daughter Elvira this fall! My Pechu and I are very excited and happy with the news and I always try to send her some treats to keep her sweet and, in good spirit! So I resolved to set my kitchen in action and make some very simple but delicious cookies like I used to when we were neighbours. Since everything is delayed here at home, it was today that I was able to send them, and I haven’t had feedback, but I’m sure she’ll like them!
These cookies that I talk so much are so easy to make, and you could even make the dough a few days in advance keeping it in the fridge! Having said that I added a twist to the old recipe: half of it has cocoa! You just can’t imagine how tasty they are, with that hint of salt and that cocoa… Did I already say how easy to make they are?
Happy Cookies
Ingredients
175g of saltless butter (or margarine) at room temperature
200g of sugar
2 eggs
1 tea spoon of vanilla essence
400g of flour
1 tea spoon of yeast
1 tea spoon of salt
2 or 3 spoonfuls of good quality cocoa (preferably Dutch)
Procedure
Beat the butter with the sugar to obtain a spongy and clear dough. Add the eggs and the vanilla until and mix till uniformly.
In another bowl, mix the flour, the yeast and the salt. Join the mix to the later only until uniform.
Separate the mix in two. Separate the first part into two rather similar parts and wrap them with plastic wrap and leave them in the fridge. The second part will have a similar fate but, before it gets divided and wrapped, add cocoa and mix until even. Place in the fridge.
The time they should settle in is around an hour, but they can remain longer in the fridge until the time you want to use them. Placing them in the fridge helps the dough obtain back the consistency of the butter.
Pre-heat the oven to 180º C.
Once the cookies have settled in the fridge, sprinkle flour on the counter and knead the dough until it will be easy to roll it with the roller. Add more flour if necessary. When doing the cocoa ones, instead of flour, use cocoa and achieve the same texture.
With the roller, flatten the dough until it’s 3 or 5 mm thick or two your liking.
Cut the dough with cookie cutters (I recommend using aluminum cookie cutters for better result). Re-knead the left over dough and roll it again, repeat the process until you run out of dough. If the dough becomes too soft, put it back into the plastic wrap and place it again in the fridge for some time.
Bake the cookies on greaseproof paper covered trays for approximately 10 to 15 minutes or until golden.
Remove from the oven and place on a grill so they can cool down. Once they have cooled down, place them in tightly sealed container so they last longer.
Since the recipient, our new mom, loves nature, the cookies are in the shape of birds and squirrels. With the left over dough I also made porcupines and even snails. To make the snails I laid two sheets of very fine dough, one plain and the other one of cocoa and rolled the dough on itself and covered it with plastic wrap placing them later in the fridge to settle. Once I was ready to use them, I took them off the fridge, cut them and baked them. The result is some awesome looking spiral cookies that look like snails! No doubt these were my favourite.
Ingredients
175g of saltless butter (or margarine) at room temperature
200g of sugar
2 eggs
1 tea spoon of vanilla essence
400g of flour
1 tea spoon of yeast
1 tea spoon of salt
2 or 3 spoonfuls of good quality cocoa (preferably Dutch)
Procedure
Beat the butter with the sugar to obtain a spongy and clear dough. Add the eggs and the vanilla until and mix till uniformly.
In another bowl, mix the flour, the yeast and the salt. Join the mix to the later only until uniform.
Separate the mix in two. Separate the first part into two rather similar parts and wrap them with plastic wrap and leave them in the fridge. The second part will have a similar fate but, before it gets divided and wrapped, add cocoa and mix until even. Place in the fridge.
The time they should settle in is around an hour, but they can remain longer in the fridge until the time you want to use them. Placing them in the fridge helps the dough obtain back the consistency of the butter.
Pre-heat the oven to 180º C.
Once the cookies have settled in the fridge, sprinkle flour on the counter and knead the dough until it will be easy to roll it with the roller. Add more flour if necessary. When doing the cocoa ones, instead of flour, use cocoa and achieve the same texture.
With the roller, flatten the dough until it’s 3 or 5 mm thick or two your liking.
Cut the dough with cookie cutters (I recommend using aluminum cookie cutters for better result). Re-knead the left over dough and roll it again, repeat the process until you run out of dough. If the dough becomes too soft, put it back into the plastic wrap and place it again in the fridge for some time.
Bake the cookies on greaseproof paper covered trays for approximately 10 to 15 minutes or until golden.
Remove from the oven and place on a grill so they can cool down. Once they have cooled down, place them in tightly sealed container so they last longer.
Since the recipient, our new mom, loves nature, the cookies are in the shape of birds and squirrels. With the left over dough I also made porcupines and even snails. To make the snails I laid two sheets of very fine dough, one plain and the other one of cocoa and rolled the dough on itself and covered it with plastic wrap placing them later in the fridge to settle. Once I was ready to use them, I took them off the fridge, cut them and baked them. The result is some awesome looking spiral cookies that look like snails! No doubt these were my favourite.
Parecem deliciosas! Sem dúvida que vou experimentar!
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Olá Tokujin!
ReplyDeleteEstivemos ausentes por muito tempo, por isso não vi o teu comentário...
Mas estamos de regresso!!! E trazemos muitas receitas novas e deliciosas!
Experimentasre as bolachinhas? Como te sairam?
Beijinho