“Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o’clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.”
– Barbara Jordan, U.S. attorney
Cookie practice time, in particular masas secas de manga – small tea/mate cookies that are piped out with a pastry bag. The step-by-step:
Cream 100 gm butter and 120 gm powdered sugar together.
Add eggs – 5 egg yolks, and I added 1 white later on to loosen it up a bit, it was too stiff to pipe. Plus add in 1 tsp of flavoring – I used half and half almond and vanilla.
Sift 250 gm pastry flour over the mixture.
Fold together with a spatula.
The mixture will come together nicely.
Pipe out different shapes, decorate with dried fruits and nuts if you like.
Bake until just cooked – the cookies should stay “blond” and not brown.
And, decorate by dipping in chocolate glaze.
do we need to rest the dough? as i tried piping and bake. it does not keep the shape..
No, you shouldn’t. If it’s not holding it’s shape, it’s not a stiff enough dough – it should be the texture of something like, say, Playdoh. You used just the five egg yolks, right, not the whites too?