Melting Moments

Last year I made these very delicate and fragile cookies for CNY and were very well received by my family.  Yes, indeed very addictive and we all liked that 'melting moment' as soon as we closed our lips. Mmmm yummy!

So for this year, it's the 'repeat order' for our homebaked CNY cookies.  This year's Valentine's Day falls few days before CNY and I'm "killing 2 birds with 1 stone".  Piped into rosettes and a few big V like heart shapes, making them look lovely ^-^!

Recipe adapted from : Joy of Baking

Melting Moments

Ingredients :
1 1/2 cups (195 grams) all purpose flour
1/2 cup (60 grams) cornstarch (corn flour)
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup (30 grams) confectioners sugar (powdered or icing)
1 cup (227 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Instructions:
In a medium sized bowl whisk together the flour, cornstarch and salt.

In the bowl of your electric mixer (or with a hand mixer), beat the butter and sugar until creamy and smooth (about 2 minutes). Beat in the vanilla extract. Add the flour mixture and beat just until incorporated. Cover and refrigerate the batter for an hour or two, or until firm. (I omitted this step as I'm using piping bag)

Preheat oven to 170 degrees C and place rack in center of oven.
* the oven temperature may vary, do adjust accordingly.
Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.

Spoon the mixture into a piping bag fitted with a large star-shaped piping nozzle. Pipe into the required shapes on a baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Space the shapes well apart.

Bake for about 10 - 14 minutes or until the edges of the cookies just start to brown. Remove from oven and place on a wire rack to cool for about 3-5 minutes. Transfer the cookies to a wire rack that is placed over a sheet of parchment or wax paper.

These cookies store very well. Place in an airtight container between sheets of wax paper and they will keep a couple of weeks. If desired, just before serving, sprinkle the tops of the cookies with confectioners sugar.

Makes about 3 dozen cookies.

"Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14. It is a festival of romantic love and many people give cards, letters, flowers or presents to their spouse or partner."

Melting Moments to all who celebrates Valentine ...
♡ Happy Valentine's Day ♡

 &

Wishing you happiness and prosperity in the Year of The Ram

My last batch of lovely homemade cookies for our 2015 CNY cookies ^-^!

I'm linking this post to Best Recipes for Everyone Jan & Feb 2015 Event:  Theme

My Homemade Cookies by Fion of  XuanHom's Mom and co-hosted by

Victoria of  Baking Into The Ether

Also

I'm linking this post to the

"Cook & Celebrate: CNY 2015" event organised by

Yen from Eat your heart out, Diana from Domestic Goddess Wannabe and Zoe from Bake for Happy Kids.

And

'My Treasured Recipes #5 - Chinese New Year Goodies (Jan/Feb 2015)' hosted by

Miss B of  Everybody Eats Well in Flanders and co-hosted by

Charmaine of  Mimi Bakery House