Today for our Cakes section at El Nacional we have some... biscuits. Or cookies, if we're getting into the US spirit of the Oscars. They're themed after Pixar's film Coco, nominated for the Oscars for best original song and best animated feature film (and good luck to it!). So, perfect for your party to watch this year's ceremony on Sunday night.
Showing us how to make these Coco cookies are our bakers Patricia and Cristina, of Noria Bakery.
Ingredients for 12 Coco cookies:
butter - 200g / 7oz / 0.8 cups
icing sugar - 125 g / 4.5oz / 1.25 cups
egg - 1
flour - 340g / 12oz / 3 cups
cocoa powder - 60g / 2oz / 0.5 cups
splash of milk
white fondant
red fondant
black fondant
edible glue
Recipe:
- Beat together the butter and sugar
- Add the egg
- Add the flour and cocoa powder
- Finally add a splash of milk until it comes together (see video)
- Roll out the dough between two sheets of greaseproof paper
- Leave to cool in the fridge for 2 hours
- Cut out circular cookies
- Bake in a pre-heated oven at 180ºC / 355ºF for 12 minutes
- Leave them to cool
- Then decorate them - watch the video to see how Patricia and Cristina make their design