Doughnut Shortbread Cookies

Doughnut Shortbread Cookies

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If there is one thing I love is food disguise as other foods such as burgers that are made out of cake and this recipe is going to show you how to make shortbread into doughnuts.

Ingredients

  • 300g plain flour
  • 100g caster sugar
  • Pinch of salt
  • 250g unsalted butter, cold and chopped into cubes
  • Vanilla extract
  • Nutella
  • 200g icing sugar sifted
  • 10g powdered egg white
  • 4 tbsp water
  • Food Colouring
  • Sprinkles

Instructions

  1. Cream butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
  2. Add vanilla, and almond extract, mix well.
  3. Add flour. baking powder, and salt and mix until the dough come together into a ball.
  4. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill for 4 hours or overnight.
  5. Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface and cut circles with 3-inch cookie cutters. Then cut out the center with a 1/2″ to 3/4″ inch circle cutter.
  6. Bake in a preheated 25° oven for about 30 minutes.
  7. The easiest way to put buttercream, Nutella, and cookie glaze in piping bags. Pipe a ring of frosting or Nutella on the bottom of a cookie, then top with another cookie.
  8. Pipe cookie glazes over in a squiggle and sprinkles with sprinkles.