Here are three cookies starting with the letter F that you must try if you are on a baking expedition. Try these cookies from the Netherlands, Italy, and Turkey, and they will disappear in a blink of an eye. Keep reading to know more - these recipes are easy enough if you know your way around the kitchen, and if not, give these a shot anyway.
Finskapinner from the Netherlands
Ingredients:
Biscuits:
- ½ cup of almonds
- ½ cup of sugar
- 2 ⅓ cups of wheat flour
- 1 cup of butter
Decoration:
- 1 egg white
- ½ cup of almonds
Instructions:
- Blanch the almonds and peel them. Also, preheat your oven to 200°C and prepare your baking tray with parchment paper.
- Then blend the blanched almonds in a food processor until you get a sandy texture.
- Empty the food processor and add the sugar, flour, and softened butter, then blend again.
- You can transfer the dough to a flat surface and knead it.
- Roll it out into a finger-thick long log, then cut into 5 cm sticks.
- Brush each stick with the beaten egg white and press a tablespoon's worth of crushed almonds onto them.
- Place the cookies onto the parchment paper-lined baking tray and bake until golden. This should take about 12 minutes.
- Cool on a wire rack before eating.
Florentine Biscuit from Italy
Ingredients:
- ¼ cup of salted butter
- ¼ cup of brown sugar
- 2 tbsp of corn syrup
- ⅓ cup of plain flour
- ¼ cup of glace cherries
- ¾ cup of slivered almonds
- ⅓ cup of chopped pistachios
- 1 cup of Cadbury Bournville chocolate (chopped)
- 4 tbsp of orange zest
Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 180 C and line two baking sheets with baking paper.
- Melt the butter, corn syrup and sugar in a saucepan over low flame, then add the flour, cherries, flaked almonds, pistachios and orange zest.
- Spoon the batter using a tablespoon onto the baking sheets.
- First bake the cookies in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Let them cool for about 2-5 minutes so that they can firm up and become crisp.
- Melt the chopped Cadbury Bournville in a microwave-safe bowl.
- Then smear the melted chocolate onto your freshly baked florentines. You can also use a fork to shape wavy lines on top of the cookie.
Flour Kurabiye from Turkey
Ingredients:
- ⅔ cup of softened butter
- ¾ cup of sugar
- 2 cups of refined flour
- 1 tsp of vanilla extract
- 1 tsp of baking sugar
- A cup of powdered sugar
Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 200°C and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
- Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl and knead until you achieve a smooth, pliable dough.
- Divide the dough into four parts, then roll each part into a sausage-like shape.
- Using a fork, create a lengthwise pattern on top of each sausage, and cut them into rectangles. Place the shaped cookies on the prepared baking tray and bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes.
- After the initial 10 minutes, reduce the oven temperature to 150°C and continue baking for an additional 10 to 15 minutes.
- Sprinkle the warm cookies with powdered sugar.