Butter Car Cookies

Ah! My very first attempt in baking. I still need a lot of practice. And I should really read more about baking too. I'm soooo blur with the terms used in baking and sometimes I just don't understand how a certain mixture should be like. I think I don't only need a lot of practice, I need a teacher too!

I'm still sharing the recipe because I don't think there's anything wrong with it. It's just my baking skills. LOL And this was one of the simplest recipes I found and one that I understand!

Ingredients:

• 50g Butter
• 30g Shortening
• 60g Confectioners' Sugar aka Icing Sugar
• a pinch of Salt
• 1 Egg
• 200g Cake Flour
• 1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
• 1 Egg Yolk

How to do it:

1. Combine butter, shortening, sugar and salt and beat till well combined.
2. Beat egg into the butter mixture and mix well.
3. Sift flour and baking powder.
4. Fold in to the mixture and mix well.
5. Relax dough for 20 minutes.
6. Dust some flour on a clean tabletop.
7. Roll dough out thinly
8. Use cookie cutters to cut out shapes.
9. Place in a baking sheet lined with greaseproof paper.
10. Brush with egg yolk.
11. Bake at 175◦c for 15 - 18 minutes.
    

.:: Credits of this recipe goes to Zheng Yan Xue of Recipe Book Cakes and Cookies ::.