Biskut Dahlia

Another traditional malay cookie which is served during Eid.  It is a very delicate cookie which melts in your mouth instantly due to the use of three different kinds of flour in the dough.

Ingredients (yields about 100 pieces):
160 g icing sugar
300 g soft butter
2 egg yolks
1 tsp vanilla essence
250 g plain flour
150 g custard flour
100 g cornflour

a little red colouring

Method:
Preheat fan oven to 170° C.  Mix all three kinds of flour and sift into a bowl.

In a bowl, beat icing sugar and butter until creamy.  Add in egg yolks one at a time and vanilla essence. Then, add in flour mixture.  Mix well forming a soft dough.

By using an icing nozzle with an open star decorating tip 16 mm #22, pipe dough onto greased baking trays (or lined with pergament paper).  Leave a small balance of dough for the red dots.  Colour it with a little red colouring and knead well.  Make tiny balls and place in the centre of each cookie.

Bake for about 15 to 20 minutes.  Leave to cool down completely before storing in tin, placing a pergament paper for each layer.

Happy Baking!