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Festive Fun Elements Christmas Bon Bon Crackers
Christmas candy cookies, with their colorful hues and sweet tastes, become indispensable desserts on holiday tables. Different shapes and decorations fill these cookies with childlike fun and holiday atmosphere. Let's learn together how to make these delicious small pastries.
INGREDIENTS
Main Ingredients
- ·100g butter
- ·200g low-gluten flour
- ·40g egg liquid
Additional Ingredients
- ·10g matcha powder
- ·10g red velvet liquid
Seasonings
- ·40g granulated sugar
DIRECTIONS
Step 1
Soften butter: Take 100 grams of butter and place it at room temperature to soften it until it can be gently pressed to form a small dent, which is convenient for subsequent operations.
Step 2
Add granulated sugar and stir: After the butter is softened, pour 40 grams of granulated sugar into the butter and use a spatula to gently stir to make the granulated sugar and butter initially mix evenly and avoid lumps of granulated sugar.
Step 3
Whip butter: Then, use an electric mixer or a manual mixer to whip the mixture of butter and granulated sugar. Continuously stir until its volume significantly expands and the color turns white, allowing air to fully incorporate into the butter and laying the foundation for the fluffy texture of pastries.
Step 4
Add egg liquid in several times: Divide 40 grams of egg liquid into several times and add it to the whipped butter. After adding a small amount of egg liquid each time, use a mixer to carefully stir to ensure that the egg liquid is completely absorbed by the butter before adding the next batch of egg liquid to prevent oil and water separation and ensure that the dough texture is uniform.
Step 5
Sift in low-gluten flour and mix evenly and knead into a ball: After sifting 200 grams of low-gluten flour, slowly add it to the butter and egg liquid mixture. Then use a spatula to slowly mix the flour and the mixture by stirring and pressing. Until a dough is formed. During the process, be careful not to over-stir to prevent the dough from becoming glutenous. Finally, knead the dough into a ball.
Step 6
Color the dough and divide it equally: Divide the dough into three equal parts. One part remains in its original color. Add an appropriate amount of matcha powder to one part and knead it evenly to make it show a fresh green color. Add an appropriate amount of red velvet liquid to the other part and knead it until it turns bright red. Thus obtaining yellow, green, and red doughs of three colors.
Step 7
Roll out thin slices: Place the three colored doughs on a cutting board respectively and roll them out into thin slices with a thickness of about 3mm using a rolling pin. Try to roll them as evenly and flatly as possible when rolling.
Step 8
Freeze the dough for the first time: Put the rolled three-color thin slices into the freezer compartment of the refrigerator and freeze until hard. Generally, it takes about 30-40 minutes to facilitate subsequent cutting and operation.
Step 9
Cut strips and splice: Take out the frozen and hardened dough sheets from the refrigerator and cut them into thin strips with a knife. Splice them by randomly matching colors according to your preference. After splicing, roll them flat gently with a rolling pin to make the joints at the splicing parts more firmly connected.
Step 10
Freeze the dough for the second time: Put the rolled and spliced dough sheet into the freezer compartment of the refrigerator again and freeze until hard. The time is about 20-30 minutes to ensure the stability of the dough sheet shape.
Step 11
Make circular patterns: For the remaining half of the dough, it can be spliced into dots. Also roll it flat with a rolling pin and then put it in the refrigerator for freezing. The freezing time refers to the previous steps.
Step 12
Make decorative edges: Leave some dough sheets to make the two edges of candies. When splicing these parts, it is best to dip a small amount of egg liquid so that the parts can bond better together and ensure the integrity of the shape.
Step 13
Bake pastries: Put the prepared pastries into an oven preheated to 175 degrees Celsius for upper and lower heat and bake for 10-12 minutes. During the baking process, pay attention to the color change on the surface of the pastries. When it presents a beautiful golden color, it can be taken out and enjoyed.