Monday, December 28, 2020

Raspberry Mirror Cookies - Hallonspeglar

RASPBERRY MIRROR COOKIES
Hallonspeglar

30 cookies

2.6 oz butter or margarine
3 tablespoons sugar
1 egg yolk
0.8 cup flour
some salt of hartshorn (an old 
leavening agent, very popular 
when baking cookies in Sweden)

Decoration:
14.1 oz almond paste
2 tablespoons flour
2 egg whites
3 tablespoons raspberry jam

Icing:
0.6 cup powdered sugar
2½ teaspoons water


Preheat oven to 347F.

Chop butter, sugar, egg yolk, flour and salt of hartshorn together and work to a dough. Leave cold for 45 minutes. Roll it out and measure out rounds about 2 inches diameter. Put them on a paper-lined baking plate.

Decoration:
Grate the almond paste and mix with flour. Add egg whites and stir to a smooth batter. Pipe around the edges of the cakes. Dab some raspberry jam in the middle and bake for about 10 minutes. Allow to cool.

Icing:
Stir powdered sugar and water and ice the cakes.

Enjoy!

Bella




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