Description
Buttery, melt-in-your-mouth Melting Moments cookies bring pure joy to dessert tables with their delicate shortbread-style texture. Delightful vanilla-infused crumbles sandwich creamy filling, promising sweet comfort you’ll savor with each delectable bite.
Ingredients
Scale
Cookies:
- 250 grams (8.8 ounces) unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup (60 grams) icing sugar, sifted
- 1 1/2 cups (180 grams) plain flour
- 1/2 cup (60 grams) cornflour
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Butter Cream Fillings:
- 100 grams (3.5 ounces) butter, softened
- 2 cups (240 grams) icing sugar, sifted
- 2 teaspoons lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
Passionfruit Butter Cream Filling:
- 80 grams (2.8 ounces) butter, softened
- 2 cups (240 grams) icing sugar, sifted
- 4 tablespoons fresh passionfruit pulp
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
Instructions
- Warm the oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced) and prepare two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Cream butter with vanilla extract and sugar until light and airy, ensuring a smooth consistency.
- Gradually incorporate flour and cornflour into the butter mixture, folding gently to maintain a delicate texture.
- Using a tablespoon, portion the dough and roll into uniform round shapes on the prepared trays.
- Create gentle indentations across each cookie surface using a fork tines, creating decorative crosshatch patterns.
- Slide trays into preheated oven and bake for 15 minutes, rotating midway to ensure even golden coloration.
- Remove from oven and allow cookies to cool completely on baking sheets, maintaining their delicate structure.
- Prepare creamy filling by whipping butter, then gradually blending in powdered sugar until smooth and spreadable.
- Enhance filling with either zesty lemon notes or tangy passionfruit for distinctive flavor complexity.
- Carefully spread or pipe filling onto half the cookies, then gently sandwich with remaining cookies.
- Refrigerate assembled treats for one hour to set icing and develop flavor harmony.
- Allow cookies to reach room temperature before serving for optimal taste and texture experience.
Notes
- Ensure butter is at room temperature for smooth, creamy mixing that creates perfectly light and airy cookies.
- Use a cookie scoop or tablespoon for uniform size, guaranteeing even baking and professional-looking results.
- Customize flavors by experimenting with different zests like orange or lime, or swap lemon for vanilla extract in the icing for unique taste variations.
- For gluten-free option, replace wheat flour with a 1:1 gluten-free flour blend, maintaining the delicate texture of these melt-in-your-mouth treats.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Australian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4
- Calories: 386
- Sugar: 37 g
- Sodium: 6 mg
- Fat: 26 g
- Saturated Fat: 16 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10 g
- Trans Fat: 0.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 35 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 64 mg