Salted Egg Yolk Cookies – Chinese New Year
Who could ever image that we could use salted egg yolks and make into cookies?
This unique taste has been very popular in Singapore. And I can’t believe that we have created so many different type of dishes and desserts.
For this year Chinese New Year, these cookies have been popping all over the net. I guess one of the reason why it is so hype this 2016 compared to previous year is because there’s the recent crazed about Salted Egg Yolk Croissant that surfaced near our country, JB.
Butter crumbly cookie with lovely depth of salted egg yolk flavor.
Anyway, If you love this pungent flavor, be sure to give it a goal! Salted Egg Yolk Cookies infused with Curry Leaves herb. I had used one of my mum’s old cookie mold, but you also could roll out to around 7mm thickness and cut using a cookie cutter. It works too!
- 100 grams of salted butter, softened
- 40 grams of icing sugar
- 45 grams of salted egg yolk powder (or 4 salted egg yolk, steam for 5 minutes and mashed into bits)
- 10 grams of milk powder
- 60 grams of plain flour
- 70 grams of cornstarch
- 20 curry leaves, minced
- 1 Egg yolk with a tbsp of water.
- Preheat oven to 170C or 150C fan-forced.
- Cream softened butter and icing sugar until light and fluffy.
- Mix in salted egg yolk powder or mashed salted egg yolks.
- Combine milk powder.
- Add in minced curry leaves.
- Fold or knead in plain flour and cornstarch until just combined.
- Press into dusted cookie mold or roll out until 7 mm thickness and cut with cookie cutter.
- Egg wash the surface.
- Bake it in the oven for 10 to 15 minutes.
22 Comments
Audrey
Hi , I would like to know what kind of butter is better for this cookies? Thank you.
Zong Han Chua
I like Salted Butter for this recipe.
Kxy
I have tried making this cookies the problem I face is the cookies mould. So I used spoon intead inorder to hv it harden.Normally how long can I keep these cookies . As in 1 week?
Zong Han Chua
I am not sure what you are saying. But if your dough is sticky you should add a few tablespoons of flour and refrigerate. Make sure to dust your mould with flour too.
You can keep for up to two months without a problem if these cookies are baked and kept accordingly.
Sharon
Hi
Can i omit the curry leaves ?
Zong Han Chua
Yes sure!
Nana
I don’t celebrate Chinese New Year, but can I make this for my entrepreneurship assignment?
Zong Han Chua
Sure why not?
LV
U seems to be using dried curry leaves . I only have fresh curry leaves . Can I use these instead ?
Zong Han Chua
I used fresh curry leaves. Feel free to use that. 🙂
Marianne
Hi ZHC,
is there a reason for using icing sugar? can i use castor sugar instead?
Zong Han Chua
Icing sugar is better, it dissolves into the dough and makes it more melt in your mouth feel. If you use castor sugar, the end result will be flakier.
Marianne
Noted, thanks ZHC. I tried baking…lovely cookies…
Zong Han Chua
Enjoy.
Vay
Can i skip the milk powder Or replace it to soy powder? My family don’t like milky taste.
Zong Han Chua
You may ya!
Joyce
What kind of milk powder did you use? Is skim milk powder ok?
Zong Han Chua
Yeap sure
Meizhen Lu
Is cornstarch and corn flour same?
Zong Han Chua
Yes
Meizhen Lu
I actually just bake this. But not sure why my cookies all dun stay in shape. It expamded and flatten like pancake. I used cornflour and caster sugar. Was wondering what’s went wrong. Hmmm
Zong Han Chua
It shouldn’t be. What was the state of the dough when u made it?