Cranberry Shortbread

This is recipe was shared by Vanessa Tay, I added ground almond instead of pistachios. And I used a different method in preparing the dough. 

Here is the recipe :-

Ingredients: 

160g salted cold butter - diced

50g sugar 

240g flour - sifted 

50g dried cranberries - cut into small pieces. 

20g ground almond 

Preparation steps: 

1. In a mixing bowl, add flour, sugar & butter. Rub the butter into the mixture until it resembles bread crumbs. 

2. Add the cranberries & almond. Mix well & try to form a dough. 

3. Rest for 10 minutes in the fridge & roll out the dough. Cut using cookies cutter.  

4. Bake at 170 degree C in a preheated oven for 15 minutes or until golden brown. Take out & leave to cool completely before storing in a air tight container. 

Here is the end product, Bon appétit !

Chin's notes: 

1. Alternatively you can roll into cylinder using the glad wrap then cut them out. 

2. I will also add another 20g of sugar in my next bake. I like my cookies on the sweet side.. :p

Almond & Cranberries Cookies

Been wanting to bake some cookies, finally have time to work on this new recipe. 

Recipe adapted from Rasa Malaysia's almond cookies recipe. 

I love cranberries so decided to add some cranberries.

Almond Cranberries Cookies Recipe : 

Ingredients : 

130g cold butter, cut into cubes. 

50g icing sugar 

80g corn flour 

120g all purpose flour 

60g almond powder / flakes. I used almond powder. 

1 tbsp milk ( optional only if dough is too dry) 

60g dried cranberries - 25/11/2014 oops I forgot to mention this in the ingredient. 

Preparation Steps : 

1. In a mixing bowl, sift all purpose flour, corn flour & icing sugar together. Add in cold butter cubes.

2. Rub in the butter until you get the crumbs texture. 

2a (25/11/2014). Add in almond & cranberries. 

3. Add milk & form a soft dough. If the dough is too soft, put into the fridge. 

4. Roll out the dough about 1 cm thickness & cut out the desire shapes. Place them on baking sheets on a baking pan. 

5. Bake at preheated oven at 160 degree C for 20 minutes or until golden brown. 

6. Remove from oven & leave to completely cool before storing. 

Bon appétit! 

Chin's notes : 

1. Cookies is crunchy with chewy cranberries.

2. Add in milk if the dough is too dry or humidity level is low. Just enough milk for soft dough to form.