Description
These melt-in-your-mouth cookies are a Danish delight! Made with simple ingredients, they offer a crispy texture and rich flavor. Choose vanilla or chocolate, and enjoy them plain or get creative with decorations!
Ingredients
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- 226 g unsalted butter (softened)
- 100 g caster sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 2 tbsp double cream (chilled)
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 250 g cake flour
- 32 g corn flour
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder
Instructions
Preparation
- Preheat the oven to 170°C.
- Line two baking pans with parchment paper.
Prepare the cookie dough
- Cream the butter in a mixing bowl using a spatula.
- Add in sugar and mix. Then continue to mix using a hand held mixer at medium speed until pale and fluffy.
- Mix in egg yolks, double cream and vanilla extract and continue to beat until well combined. Scrape down the sides and the bottom of the bowl if needed.
- Sift in cake flour, corn flour and sea salt.
- Mix using a spatula first then with a hand held mixer until just combined.
- Divide the dough in half using a kitchen scale for accuracy.
- Mix the cocoa powder into one half to create chocolate dough.
Pipe the cookies
- Place each flavour into a separate piping bag.
- Cut a hole at the top of a new piping bag and insert an open star piping tip.
- Cut a hole at the top of the vanilla dough bag. Place it into the bag with piping tip.
- Start piping on a lined baking pan in a circular motion to create a swirl-shaped cookie. Continue to pipe spaching each cookie an inch apart.
- Swap the vanilla dough bag with the chocolate dough bag and continue to pipe the cookies onto a lined baking pan.
- Place the piped cookies in the freezer until they firm.
Bake and Cool the cookies
- Bake the cookies in a preheated oven for about 18 to 20 minutes or until the edges turn golden brown.
- Remove the cookies from the oven and let them sit on a baking pan for around 5 to 10 minutes.
- Transfer them on a wire rack to cool completely.
- Serve them with a cup of coffee. Enjoy!
Notes
- Watch my video tutorial to see how I made the cookies in action.
- Keep the cookies in an airtight container for up to a week.
- Freeze the piped cookies in the freezer for up to a month.
- You can use any piping tip you have on hand.
- Due to the cookies are frozen, the baking time might be different. Keep an eye on them!
Nutrition
- Calories: 129
- Sugar: 3.2
- Sodium: 522
- Fat: 8.2
- Saturated Fat: 4.7
- Carbohydrates: 10.2
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 2.1
- Cholesterol: 81