Description
The citrus flavour of yuzu combines with buttery shortbread in these easy (and addictive) yuzu cookies.
Ingredients
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For Shortbread
- 1/2 cup (100 g) granulated sugar
- 1 Tbsp (6 g) lemon zest, plus additional zest for garnish if desired
- 1 cup (227 g) salted butter, room temperature
- 1 egg yolk from 1 large egg
- 2 tsp (10 g) yuzu juice
- 2 1/2 cups (300 g) all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup (60 g) powdered sugar
- 2 Tbsp (16 g) cornstarch
- 1/4 (1 g) tsp salt
For Glaze
- 1 cup (120 g) powdered sugar
- 1-2 Tbsp (15-30 g) yuzu juice
Instructions
For Shortbread
- Preheat the oven to 150°C (300Fº).
- Add sugar and lemon zest to the Stand Mixer bowl fitted with Flat Beater Accessory. Turn to speed 2 to infuse sugar with lemon oils for 1 minute.
- Add butter to sugar and cream together on speed 4 for 2-3 minutes. Turn down to speed 2 and add egg yolk and yuzu juice and mix for an additional 30 seconds.
- Turn mixer to speed 1 and add flour, powdered sugar, cornstarch and salt. Mix until just combined, about 1 minute.
- Scrape dough onto a parchment-lined baking sheet and pat into rectangular shape 1 cm (½-inch) thick. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until the edges are lightly golden brown.
- Let cool for 5 minutes then use a bench scraper to cut into rectangles.
For Glaze
- To make glaze, in a clean Stand Mixer bowl fitted with Whisk Accessory, add powdered sugar and 1 Tbsp yuzu juice. Turn to speed 1 and mix until smooth. Scrape sides of bowl if needed and add additional yuzu juice 1 tsp at a time if thinner texture is desired.
- Drizzle glaze over cooled shortbread cookies, sprinkle with lemon zest to garnish.
Notes
Pro Tip: You can easily substitute an equal amount of lemon juice for the yuzu juice in the cookies and the glaze if desired.
To make the glaze more yellow, add a tiny drop of yellow food colouring.
To create scalloped edges (like in the photograph), use a scalloped rectangular cookie cutter (example here).
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 30-35 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Australian