Ingredients for - Holiday Sunshine Cookies
How to cook deliciously - Holiday Sunshine Cookies
1. Stage
Sift the flour and powdered sugar together. Butter and yolks at room temperature. Spices as desired, I have: cinnamon, nutmeg, badjan, cardamom, cloves. Tangerines medium size 4-5 pcs. The zest of one orange.
2. Stage
Beat the softened butter and powdered sugar until white.
3. Stage
Then the yolks and also whipped until puffy and homogeneous.
4. Stage
Then salt, zest, juice, spices and whisk again.
5. Stage
Then add all the flour and knead well.
6. Stage
The dough should be homogeneous, well kneaded, not sticky, soft.
7. Stage
I divide it into two equal parts...
8. Stage
I form sausages about 5 cm thick.
9. Stage
I wrap it in a bag or cling film and put it in the fridge for 3 hours.
10. Stage
When the resting time of the dough is coming to an end, I prepare the mandarins. I wash, dry, and cut into rings about 0.5 cm thick.
11. Stage
I put it on a paper towel and leave it for 20 minutes. Then on a new towel I do the same with the back side.
12. Stage
When the dough rests, I "adjust" the size to the size of the tangerine. Or rather, the diameter of the dough should be slightly larger than the tangerine.
13. Stage
I cut the dough into 15 equal pieces.
14. Stage
I put it on a baking tray.
15. Stage
Now you need to take some kind of mold (shot glass, cup) with a diameter like a tangerine...
16. Stage
Dip it in sugar, if it's not sticky, you can wet it with water...
17. Stage
And in the center make a small depression for a tangerine. The mold needs to be dipped in sugar each time.
18. Stage
Brush the edges with whisked egg yolk.
19. Stage
Put a piece of tangerine in the center and lightly as if to seal it. Sprinkle sugar on top. And I send to the preheated oven to 170 degrees for 25-30 minutes, cook until ready.
20. Stage
My cookies took 30 minutes to bake. While the cookies are hot they are very fragile. I let them cool slightly.
21. Stage
Then I put it on a rack and leave it until it cools.
22. Stage
I put it on a dish or a plate...
23. Stage
You can lightly sprinkle with powdered sugar... And the "Sunshine" cookies are ready:)