I have seen many bloggers making this light and crumbly, melt in your mouth recipe ~ German Butter Cookies adapted from Min's Blog. I've changed the recipe a little by adding some Valrhona cocoa powder to make it marbled for extra chocolately and it's definitely worthwhile to play around with them a little bit :)
Here is the recipe
125g Butter
40g Icing sugar (sifted)
125g Potato starch or corn starch
80g Plain flour (sifted twice)
Beat butter and icing sugar till fluffy and lighter in color.
Sift in potato starch and flour, mix to form a soft plain dough and set aside.
125g Butter
40g Icing sugar (sifted)
125g Potato starch or corn starch
20g Valrhona cocoa powder (sifted twice)
60g Plain flour (sifted twice)
Beat butter and icing sugar till fluffy and lighter in color.
Sift in potato starch, Valrohona cocoa powder and plain flour, mix to form a soft chocolate dough.
Divide plain and chocolate dough into 4 portions.
Roll plain and chocolate dough separately into long strips. Using 1 tsp measuring spoon of plain and chocolate dough, wrap them around each other with your hand and place on a lined baking tray and gently press dough with your finger.
Bake at preheated oven at 170C for 13-15 mins depending on the size of your cookies.
Leave to cool completely and store in airtight container.
This melts in your mouth cookies is perfect with a cup of fresh brewed coffee :)
Enjoy!
what can i say ann? these tiny morsels are so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThis is so cool and pretty! You are really good! I'm planning to make this cookies too but after seeing yours I will try yours instead! Thanks for sharing such a wonderful idea.
ReplyDeleteThese are so beautiful! I'm going to have to investigate and see where I can find potato starch. Thank you for sharing this :)
ReplyDeleteI love German butter cookies...and Valhrona chocolate (only one pastry chefs use, eh?) and they are beautiful! I want a plate of them now!! Those little cards are adorable.
ReplyDeleteI was just planning my to bake list for this week... I saw something similar to the german butter cookies on another blog, wanting to try it... But i prefer a mix of plain and cocoa version instead!!
ReplyDeleteMarble cookies look perfect.
ReplyDeleteThey reminded me of checker cookies except these are round.
ReplyDeleteMouthwatering cookies!!! I want ang pau!!! :D
ReplyDeleteAnn, you are so creative, the cookies looks so delicious.
ReplyDeleteThese cookies look fabulous Ann! Love that lovely chocolate color.
ReplyDeleteWhat can be used in place of potato starch?
So dainty and pretty!
ReplyDeletei love the cookies with Potato starch OR corn starch....Very Melts ...will try it! thanks for sharing..
ReplyDeleteThey look inviting, telling me to go ahead and make them too! I love the way you take your pics!
ReplyDeleteDamn pretty looking cookies..
ReplyDeletethese cookies look too beautiful to be eaten! good job ann :D
ReplyDeleteThese cookies look lovely and sound delicious, Ann. Those red envelopes are so cute. Great pictures!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great way to adapt the recipe! I still have some more potato flour. Shall make this chocolate version. :)
ReplyDeleteI only want to say I want to eat ... they look so irresistible!
ReplyDelete纹路超漂亮的:P
ReplyDeleteWow! so pretty:D I love the marble effect...must bookmark this! THanks for sharing Ann:D
ReplyDeleteAnn,
ReplyDeleteThese cookies are KILLER BEAUTIFUL!! I wish I can have a bowl right now! Then the ang pau later... LOL!
This is so beautiful . I will try this very soon . Thks for sharing !
ReplyDeleteAnn, these cookies look darn good! I'm pretty sure they going to melt me down with a cup of hot brew coffee. Yummm... Thanks for sharing. Hope you're enjoying your day.
ReplyDeleteCheers, Kristy
the cookies are so beautiful!!!
ReplyDeleteAnn, you are so creative!
ReplyDeleteThese look so cool, Ann!
ReplyDeleteAnncoo,
ReplyDeleteU have a pair of magic hands. You give this famous cookies a new life.
These look very beautiful. Love the marble effect. I would love to try too.
ReplyDeleteWith that higher ration of potato starch in the recipe, I am very sure those cookies are wonderfully crumbly and melt-in-mouth! They look so pretty too!
ReplyDeleteLove the marbling and oh those ang baos!
ReplyDeleteWoah, german butter cookies are popping out every where but your chocolate marble type is the first I'd seen =D. They look absolutely tempting! Thanks for sharing. =D
ReplyDeletep/s: the red envelope is very cute.
Love the marble patterns, sharp contrast of white and brown colours. These cookies make me think of baking some for CNY.
ReplyDeleteThese look so pretty! They must be delicious too. CNY at your home must be wonderful with all your special treats :)
ReplyDeletewow...i love the idea of adding Valrhona cocoa powder, even more flavorful!
ReplyDeleteAnn, you are really creative :) They looks really great and I know they taste awesome also. I can try this version next time.
ReplyDeleteThank you everyone for taking your time reading this post. My cookies already half gone :))
ReplyDeleteYou can use ordinary cocoa powder too but of course not as flavorful compare to valrhona. I bought the valrohona cocoa powder from Sunlik at 8.50 for 250g.
Looks great with the marbling!! Definitely will cheer up those who sample them this CNY. (Ann, what a co-incidence! I used the same red packets as prop for my next CNY cookies too. Hehehe!)
ReplyDeleteBonitos e gostosos!! Perfeitos!!
ReplyDeletebjs,
These cookies look FABULOUS! Looks yummy too! All your photos are great as always but I especially love that second photo you took.
ReplyDeleteI too saw a lot of bloggers made these cookies. I like how you tweak the look of it. Very pretty!!
ReplyDeletethose german cookies that i've seen in other blogs look very soft and irresistible too and i like the way you do a little twist here by adding some cocoa to it. Well done, ann!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Thanks for sharing these.
ReplyDeleteAnncoo, these cookies look delicious, love the bi-color...and like the idea of corn starch :-)
ReplyDeletelove the marbled look, I bet they taste as good as they look ^_^
ReplyDeleteLove those plump and cute cookies. Lovely marbled look!
ReplyDeletewhat can I say? They are so beautiful & perfect =)
ReplyDeleteThose look picture perfect! Yum!
ReplyDeleteVery Very cute ^^
ReplyDeleteThese marble cookies look pretty & yummy! You are super creative!
ReplyDeleteThese looks so good. I tried to make these for Christmas this year but could not get them to turn out the way they were supposed to. Yours came out beautifully.
ReplyDeleteHi,
ReplyDeleteVery creative and impressive. I have bought the ingredient and just waiting for free time to make. Really this item has been very hot this year as i saw a lot of bloggers are making.
BR
christine Ang
Love these marble cookies with the most perfect swirl!
ReplyDeleteOh baby, my mama used to make these mouthwaterin' morsels. I'd forgotten all about 'em....I'm callin' my Mama to see if the recipes match!!!!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your day sweetie and may it be richly blessed!!!
Thanks ALL for your lovely comments :))
ReplyDeletewow, Valrhona cocoa! What extravagance! I think $8.50 for 250g is a steal! Shemay's selling at $9.95 for the same packaging I think.
ReplyDeleteThese cookies are picture PERFECT! They're so clear that I feel like I could grab one of your gorgeous cookies right out of the computer screen...I wish! Love your darling decorations too:)
ReplyDeleteHi Anncoo...I miss out your birthday . Here isme wishing you a happy belated birthday and many happy returns of the day :) I was suppose to wish you on facebook but I was so busy with the baking for CNY that I have forgotten to wish you on the 26th :p
ReplyDeleteGreat cookies...look great and your marble design looks so professionally done :) well done :)
Elin
@travellingfoodies
ReplyDeleteI've been to Shermay school before and her products are a little expensive.
@Sue
ReplyDeleteThank you:) Want me to send you some ;DD
@Elin
ReplyDeleteThank you Elin :)) Everybody is very busy at this time of the year including me. I don't even have much time to blog...
ann, you are so creative! (: it looks really nice and cute! (:
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! A nice change from the usual plain butter cookies.
ReplyDeleteSo nice! Somehow they give me the feeling of moo-moo cow! Haha...cute!
ReplyDeleteHow delicious and just beautiful! Your photography is outstanding! Thanks for linking up to Tailgating Time. Hope we see you again tomorrow :-)
ReplyDeleteThey look so cute and yummy.
ReplyDeleteThese cookies look amazing! Gotta try them really soon.
ReplyDeletelovely photos, lovely recipe and will be making a batch of these pretty soon. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Jy, of course you can add Hershey unsweetened choco powder, the taste will be perfect :)
ReplyDeleteHi, if i use Hershey Unsweetened choco powder will it affect the taste?
ReplyDeletehi, can substitue icing sugar to castor sugar?
ReplyDeletewill it change the taste or texture?
thanks
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteI think if you want the melt in your cookies texture, it's better to use icing sugar for quick mixing. Caster sugar will takes a little longer to melt.
Hi Ann, thanks for sharing the wonderful recipe and these are cuties. I made them for this CNY.
ReplyDeleteSugarplum,
DeleteSorry for the late response to this comment as Jan 21 was very close to CNY and I was away during this date.
I just hop over to your post, they are very pretty :)
Hi Ann, just want to check for the butter do we use salted or unsalted butter cos I find it slightly salty.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous,
DeleteI prefer to use salted butter and of course you can use unsalted butter if you prefer.