A delicious new cookbook from Canadian bestselling authors, contestants of The Food Network’s Donut Showdown and founders of the beloved Cake & Loaf Bakery, Nickey Miller and Josie Rudderham, holds the key to all of your holiday baking. Their new book, Cake & Loaf Gatherings: Sweet and Savoury Recipes to Celebrate Every Occasion, includes more than 80 crowd-pleasing recipes for any celebration or gathering, with sweet and savoury favourites organized by occasion. Perfect for spring, Cake & Loaf Gatherings also features decadent Easter baking recipes, including the cookies below. —Vita Daily
Mini Egg Shortbread Cookies
1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
½ cup icing sugar
½ cup cornstarch
1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
¾ teaspoon salt
1⅓ cups all-purpose flour
10 ounces (285 g/1½ cups) lightly smashed milk chocolate candy mini eggs
Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, lightly cream the butter on medium-high speed just until it is smooth, 1 to 2 minutes. Do not incorporate air into the butter. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl. Add the icing sugar, cornstarch, vanilla bean paste, and salt and beat on low speed, gradually increasing to medium-high speed, until the mixture is smooth and no chunks remain, 1 to 2 minutes. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl. Add the flour and mini eggs and mix on low speed, gradually increasing to medium-high speed, until the flour is fully incorporated, without whipping air into the dough, 1 to 2 minutes. Scoop twenty-one 1½-tablespoon portions of cookie dough onto each prepared baking sheet, leaving a little space between them. Gently press down on the cookies to flatten them to ¾-inch thickness. Bake, one sheet at a time, for 12 to 16 minutes, or until very lightly browned around the edges. Cool the cookies completely on the baking sheets.
Excerpted from Cake & Loaf gatherings : sweet and savoury recipes to celebrate every occasion by Nickey Miller and Josie Rudderham. Copyright © 2023 Nickey Miller and Josie Rudderham. Photography and illustrations by Nickey Miller. Published by Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Canada, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited. Reproduced by arrangement with the Publisher. All rights reserved.
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