Red Yeast Cookies 红鞠饼干 CNY 2015

Red Yeast Cookies

      Ingredients:
      200g Plain flour
      80g Icing sugar
      20g Toasted white sesame seeds
      10g Red yeast powder
      1/4tsp Salt
      1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
      60g Crisco shortening
      60g Egg white     

      Method:

• Sieve flour and icing sugar into a mixing bowl. Add in sesame seeds, red yeast powder and salt, mix well.
• Lastly add shortening, vanilla extract and egg white into flour mixture.  Knead to combine well until become a dough. Roll out the dough on floured table to thickness of 3mm.
• Cut into heart or round shape with cookie cutter and place onto a baking tray.
• Bake cookies in preheated oven at 180 deg C for about 12 – 15 minutes. Leave to cool and store in an airtight container.
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