Kurabiyesi Food

TURKISH SHORTBREAD (UN KURABIYESI)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 F.
• Cream the powdered sugar and vanilla with butter, then slowly add the flour and baking powder. Make sure everything's well mixed. Make chestnut sized balls with your hands. Put parchment paper on an oven tray and arrange them on it.
• Bake for about 25 minutes. Immediately sprinkle some powdered sugar on top using a small strainer after you take them out of the oven.

UN KURABIYESI - MELT IN THE MOUTH TURKISH SHORTBREAD COOKIES!

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 160c.
• In a medium sized mixing bowl, cream 1/2 a cup of the icing sugar, the butter & the vanilla.
• Sift the flour and the baking powder, slowly add to the creamed butter. Mix well with a wooden spoon.
• One thoroughly combined, roll a teaspoonful of the dough at a time into balls. Place the balls on a baking tray lined with parchment or baking paper.
• Bake for 15-20 minutes, they should be cooked through - firm - but remain pale in colour.
• Dust the shortbread straight from the oven with some of the remaining icing sugar (sieved).
• Allow to cool, then just before serving dust again with the rest of the icing sugar.

MUSHROOM COOKIES (MANTAR KURABIYE)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375.
• Cream the butter and sugar.
• Add eggs and beat well.
• Add in the rest of the ingredients except for cocoa. Mix well by hand and knead. The dough will be quite soft.
• Allow the dough to rest for 5 minutes.
• Roll dough into 1-inch balls.
• Place cocoa in a small bowl and pour 1 tbsp water in another small bowl. Soak the rim of a bottle cap in the water, then dust it with cocoa. Press the rim of the bottle cap lightly on the dough. You'll need to wipe the rim of the bottle with a tissue occasionally.
• Bake for about 18 minutes. Don't let them turn a golden brown or they will lose the melt-in-your-mouth character!
• Arrange them on the wire rack until they cool down.