Un Kurabiyesi Melt In The Mouth Turkish Shortbread Cookies 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.

TAKAKAU (MAORI BREAD)

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 400F (200F)
• Sift flour and Baking Powder into a large bowl.
• Make a well in the center and pour in milk, combine mixture together.
• Turn out onto a floured bench and knead gently with floured hands.
• Roll to a flat round shape
• Ideally lightly flour a round pizza tray and knead dough into the tray and to the inside of the edges.
• Bake for approximately 30 minutes or until golden brown.
• Serve hot and/or allow to cool. Leftovers when cooled can be covered with a damp tea-towel and/or stored in an airtight container.