Buddha's Hand Citrus Shortbread Cookies

[ysabetwordsmith]

I am making another batch of shortbread cookies, this time with a little lemon juice and cardamom added.  Note: melt  the butter, don't just soften it.  The previous batch of dough behaved well, this was a mess of crumbs.  If it doesn't ball up in the bowl, it won't roll out on the cookie sheet.  >_<

The Buddha bits turned out quite well after I picked them off the tray to toss in sugar.  \o/

Comments

[sperrywink]

Good to hear!! Interesting about the butter affecting the dough.

Well ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

The temperature of butter can have dramatic effects in some recipes, little or none in others. Some only work with cold or only with melted butter. In this case, I think that the liquid butter made it easier for the flour to bind fully.

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[sperrywink]

See, I almost exclusively make chocolate chip cookies and soften the butter, so I've never experimented. :-)

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[ysabetwordsmith]

Experiment ...

http://www.agfoundation.org/news/5-simple-science-experiments-on-cookie-ingredients

https://www.handletheheat.com/the-ultimate-cookie-handbook/

http://food.fnr.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/food/fullset/2015/5/11/0/FNK_chocolate-chip-cookie-guide-full-group-02_s4x3.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.725.suffix/1431360888017.jpeg

http://www.seriouseats.com/images/2015/12/20151028-no-caption-cookie-faq-eggs-all-yolks-sarah-jane-sanders-Edit.jpg

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[sperrywink]

HA!! Thank you!!

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[ysabetwordsmith]

I love kitchen chemistry. I'm happy to encourage folks to try it.

oh butter

[(Anonymous)]

My sugar cookie recipie only worms with COLD butter....like throw it in the stand mixer straight from the fridge anf let it go