Tips and tricks for our cookie cutter
In this blog article we will give you some tips on how your cookies will turn out extremely well to make your baking experience not only a sweet one but also successful one.
Tips for use
- Our cookie cutters are suitable for cookie dough, fondant, fimo and clay.
- Dip the cookie cutter in neutral oil (e.g. sunflower seed oil) before using it to make sure no dough gets stuck.
- Roll out the dough to 0,5 cm for perfect details and contours.
- Make sure the dough is chilled when you use it – we recommend leaving it in the fridge overnight or for several hours.
- Do not use a dough that rises in the oven, for example yeast dough.
- Only press hard on the stable outer sides of the cookie cutter. When pressing too hard on the middle part, the joints of the molding elements might break.
Care
Please do not wash the sustainable cookie cutters at temperatures above 50° C! Remove dough residue with a soft brush and soapy water. Tight corners can easily be cleared of dough residue with a toothpick.
Recipe for classic shortbread cookies that taste like grandma used to make
Ingredients for 20 cookies:
200 g wheat flour
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
90 g Butter
100 g powdered sugar
1 egg
½ tsp vanilla extract
Preparation
Sieve the flour: Mix flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl. Sieve it and put it aside.
Butter sugar mixture: Whip butter and sugar in a big bowl until it becomes frothy and lighter in color. Next add the egg and vanilla extract.
Preparation of the dough: Mix the flour with the butter mixture and knead until it becomes a dough. Wrap it in cling film and put it in the fridge for at least one hour – or even better for several hours or overnight, because the dough should be very cold for the upcoming steps.
Preheat the oven: Preheat the oven to 170° C.
Shaping cookies: Roll out the dough to a thickness of approx. 0,5 cm. Then cut the biscuits out of the dough using a cookie cutter of your choice.
Baking: Put the cookies on a baking tray and bake for 8-12 minutes until golden brown.
Cooling: Take the cookies out of the oven and put them on a cooling grid.
Decorating: Now you can decorate your cookies as you want to. We recommend to color them with sugar icing. But the sky is the limit when it comes to decorating your cookies.
We are looking forward to your creations on Instagram! Tag @wienerlinien in your story and we will share your delicious public transport cookies with our community.