TJean Recipe
Margaret Cookies
Medium 2 hours Desserts Air fry Cookies Butter Cookies Colourful Bite-Sized Festive Afternoon Tea Kid-Friendly Vegetarian Homemade
About this recipe
Colourful buttery cookies made with sieved hard-boiled egg yolks, cake flour and cornstarch, divided into six shades and thumb-pressed before being air-fried until delicately crisp and crumbly.
Ingredients
150 g softened butter
80 g powdered sugar
4 hard-boiled egg yolks
150 g cake flour
150 g cornstarch
Assorted edible food colouring, as needed
Instructions
| Stage | Product | Mode | Temperature | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret cookies | LumiBake S1 18L | Air Fry | 180°C | 20 min, monitor closely |
01 Place 150 g of softened butter in a large mixing bowl.
02 Add 80 g of powdered sugar.
03 Stir until the butter and powdered sugar begin to combine.
04 Beat with an electric hand mixer until the mixture becomes smooth, pale and creamy.
05 Place 4 hard-boiled egg yolks in a fine sieve.
06 Press the egg yolks through the sieve directly into the butter mixture.
07 Stir until the sieved egg yolks are evenly incorporated.
08 Add 150 g of cake flour.
09 Add 150 g of cornstarch.
10 Mix and press the ingredients together until a crumbly dough begins to form.
11 Knead gently until the dough becomes smooth and cohesive.
12 Divide the dough into 6 equal portions.
13 Add a different edible food colour to each portion as desired.
14 Press, fold and knead each portion repeatedly until the colour is evenly distributed.
15 Take approximately 10 g of dough at a time.
16 Roll each portion into a small, smooth ball.
17 Arrange the dough balls on a parchment-lined baking tray, leaving space between them.
18 Press the centre of each dough ball gently with your thumb to flatten it and create characteristic cracks around the edge.
19 Place the tray in the LumiBake S1 18L.
20 Select Air Fry mode and cook at 180°C for approximately 20 minutes.
21 Monitor the cookies during cooking and adjust the time if necessary to prevent excessive browning.
22 Remove the cookies when they are set and lightly coloured.
23 Allow them to cool completely before serving, as the cookies will firm up while cooling.