SAFFRON SHORTBREAD BISCUITS

Saffron shortbread cookies on a plate, decorated with powder sugar

Yields1 Serving

Approx. 50 pcs.
 6 mg Sari Saffron ground in a mortar
 250 g Flour
 75 g Butter
 75 g Sugar
 1 Egg
 5 g Vanilla sugar
 1 tsp Icing sugar

1

Soak the saffron powder in warm water and set aside for 20 minutes.

2

Beat the butter with the sugar until fluffy.

3

Add the vanilla sugar, saffron, and egg.

4

Add the flour a little at a time.

5

Leave the dough to rest for an hour at room temperature.

6

Shape the dough into a sausage with a diameter of about 2 cm.

7

Leave to chill in the fridge until the dough hardens.

8

Cut into rounds and sprinkle with sugar.

9

Bake in the oven at 160°C for 8 minutes.

10

Once cooled, sprinkle with a bit of icing sugar for decoration, and optionally add a few saffron threads.

Ingredients

Approx. 50 pcs.
 6 mg Sari Saffron ground in a mortar
 250 g Flour
 75 g Butter
 75 g Sugar
 1 Egg
 5 g Vanilla sugar
 1 tsp Icing sugar

Directions

1

Soak the saffron powder in warm water and set aside for 20 minutes.

2

Beat the butter with the sugar until fluffy.

3

Add the vanilla sugar, saffron, and egg.

4

Add the flour a little at a time.

5

Leave the dough to rest for an hour at room temperature.

6

Shape the dough into a sausage with a diameter of about 2 cm.

7

Leave to chill in the fridge until the dough hardens.

8

Cut into rounds and sprinkle with sugar.

9

Bake in the oven at 160°C for 8 minutes.

10

Once cooled, sprinkle with a bit of icing sugar for decoration, and optionally add a few saffron threads.

Notes

SAFFRON SHORTBREAD BISCUITS