Cookie Recipes - Passion-fruit Diamonds Recipe

  
 

Butter Cookie Recipes - Passion-fruit Diamonds Recipe

Ingredients

BUTTER COOKIE BASE:

  • 2 1/4 cups/330 g all purpose/plain flour

  • 2 tbsp rice flour

  • 1/8 tsp salt

  • 1 cup/250 g butter, softened

  • 1/3 cup/70 g granulated sugar

PASSION FRUIT DRIZZLE:

  • 1 cup/150 g confectioners'/ icing sugar

  • 2 tbsp passion fruit pulp

  • 1 tbsp butter, softened

  • 1 tbsp cold water

  • 2 oz/60 g white chocolate, coarsely chopped

Method:

  1. Butter cookie base: Sift the all-purpose and rice flours and salt into a medium bowl. Beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at high speed until creamy.

  2. Mix in the dry ingredients to form a soft dough. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until  smooth.

  3. Press the dough into a disk, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 300°F/150°C/gas 2. Line four cookie sheets with parchment paper.

  4. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to a thickness of 1/4 inch (5 mm). Cut into 1 1/2-inch (4-cm) diamonds.

  5. Use a spatula to transfer the cookies to the prepared cookie sheets, placing them 1 inch (2.5 cm) apart.

  6. Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until just golden at the edges. Transfer to racks to cool.

  7. Passion fruit Drizzle: Mix the confectioners' sugar, passion fruit pulp, butter, and water in a double boiler over barely simmering water until smooth.

  8. Drizzle the tops of the cookies with the icing. Let stand for 30 minutes until set.

  9. Melt the white chocolate in a double boiler over barely simmering water and drizzle over the cookies. Let stand for 30 minutes.