Cookie Recipes - Pretty Pink Cookies Recipe

  
 

Sugar Cookie Recipes - Pretty Pink Cookies Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 cup/150 g all-purpose/plain flour

  • 1/8 tsp salt

  • 6 tbsp butter, cut up

  • 4 tbsp light single cream

  • 1/3 cup/50 g confectioners'/icing sugar, to dust  

PINK FILLING:

  • 1 cup/150 g confectioners'/icing sugar

  • 1 tbsp butter, softened

  • 1 tbsp light single cream

  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract/essence

  • few drops red food coloring

Method:

  1. Sift the flour and salt into a large bowl. Use a pastry blender to cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

  2. Mix in the cream. Press the dough into a disk, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

  3. Preheat the oven to 375°F/190°C/gas 3. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.

  4. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to a thickness of 1/8 inch (3 mm). Use a 1 1/2-inch (4-cm) cookie cutter to cut out the cookies.

  5. Gather the dough scraps, re-roll, and continue cutting out cookies until all the dough is used. Use a spatula to transfer the cookies to the cookie sheet, spacing them 1 1/2 inches (4 cm) apart.

  6. Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until just golden at the edges. Transfer to racks to cool.

  7. Pink Filling: Mix the confectioners' sugar, butter, cream, vanilla, and red food coloring in a small bowl.

  8. Stick the cookies together in pairs with the filling. Dust with the confectioners' sugar.