Passionfruit Shortbread Cookies Food

SHORTBREAD COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, mix together the butter and 1 cup of sugar until they are just combined. Add the vanilla. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour and salt, then add them to the butter-and-sugar mixture. Mix on low speed until the dough starts to come together. Dump onto a surface dusted with flour and shape into a flat disk. Wrap in plastic and chill for 30 minutes.
• Roll the dough 1/2-inch thick and cut with a 3 by 1-inch finger-shaped cutter. Place the cookies on an ungreased baking sheet and sprinkle with sugar. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until the edges begin to brown. Allow to cool to room temperature.
• When the cookies are cool, place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Put 3 ounces of the chocolate in a glass bowl and microwave on high power for 30 seconds. (Don't trust your microwave timer; time it with your watch.) Stir with a wooden spoon. Continue to heat and stir in 30-second increments until the chocolate is just melted. Add the remaining chocolate and allow it to sit at room temperature, stirring often, until it's completely smooth. Stir vigorously until the chocolate is smooth and slightly cooled; stirring makes it glossier.
• Drizzle 1/2 of each cookie with just enough chocolate to coat it.

PASSIONFRUIT SHORTBREAD COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F
• Cream the butter and sugar together and mix thoroughly.
• Mix in the flour gradually with a spatula until combined and a stiff dough is formed.
• Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and gently and lightly knead for about 1 minute or until the dough starts to crack.
• Sprinkle flour on your rolling pin and then roll out the dough so that it's 1/4 inch thick.
• Cut shapes into the dough and then place shapes on a lightly greased baking sheet.
• Bake in the oven for about 10 minutes or until very lightly browned.
• Remove from oven and cool cookies on wire racks.
• Meanwhile, prepare the icing by mixing together the icing sugar and passionfruit pulp with a spoon.
• Mix thoroughly to form a paste.
• Spoon icing onto cooled cookies and then serve.
• The cookies are also delicious the next day once the icing has been absorbed by the cookies.