Chocolate Shortbread Footballs Recipe - Cooking Index
Chocolate Shortbread Footballs Recipe - Cooking Index
| 1 cup | 198g / 7oz | Unsalted butter |
| 1/2 cup | 99g / 3.5oz | Granulated sugar |
| 1 1/2 cups | 93g / 3.3oz | Sifted all-purpose flour |
| 3/4 cup | 82g / 2.9oz | Cocoa - sifted |
| Filling | ||
| 1 cup | 237ml | Mascarpone |
| 2 tablespoons | 30ml | Confectioners' sugar |
| Royal Icing | ||
| 1 cup | 198g / 7oz | Sifted confectioners' sugar |
| 1 tablespoon | 15ml | Egg white |
Cream together the butter and sugar for 5 minutes. Add the cocoa and flour and mix together well until it combines. Allow to rest for 1 hour, covered in plastic.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
With a rolling pin, roll the dough to 1/4-inch thickness and with a cookie cutter shaped like a football, cut the dough into footballs. Place on parchment paper on cookie sheet and bake for 10 minutes. Turn the sheet and bake another 5 minutes. Allow to cool.
Mix together the mascarpone and 2 tablespoons of confectioners' sugar until well blended. Spread a little of this mixture on one football and top with a second football to make a sandwich. Continue spreading the mixture until all cookies are used.
To make the royal icing, combine the 1 cup of confectioners' sugar with the egg white. Mix until the consistency is very smooth. Pour icing into a piping bag fitted with a round #1 tip. Pipe a football lace design on the cookies. Let dry.
This recipe yields 12 small cookie sandwiches.
Raw Egg Caution: The American Egg Board states: "There have been warnings against consuming raw or lightly cooked eggs on the grounds that the egg may be contaminated with Salmonella, a bacteria responsible for a type of food poisoning... Healthy people need to remember that there is a very small risk and treat eggs and other raw animal foods accordingly. Use only properly refrigerated, clean, sound-shelled, fresh, grade AA or A eggs. Avoid mixing yolks and whites with their shell."
Source:
Wolfgang Puck at http://www.cooking.com/wolfgang/
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