IRISH COOKIES
(Recipe from Kak Baya RN)
Ingredients
*180g butter
*20g shortening
*130g castor sugar
*1 egg yolk
*1 tsp nescafe (instant coffee)
*1 tsp coffee essence
*1/2 tsp baking powder
*200g flour
*100g tapioca flour
*40g nestum (crush a lil bit - I use mixer)
Method
*Cream butter, shortening & sugar
*Add in egg yolk & coffee essence
*Add in nescafe & nestum
*Add in dry ingredients (sifted). Mix well.
*Roll the dough with the rolling pin.
*Cut with cookie cutter of your choice.
*Deco - optional
* Bake in preheated oven at 150C for about 16 minutes.
Deco - optional
*Spread egg white onto cookie.
*Put some flaked almond & chocolate rice.
Notes
*Cookie will expand when baked.
*Crunchy biscuit.
*Makes about 80 pcs.
*Nestum must be crushed so that dough is smooth & easier/prettier to cut.
My Personal Comments
*Rate ***
*While others may have rated this as superb & out of this world cookie, the most i can give is 3 stars.. I don't know, perhaps i've done wrong somewhere..
