Melting Moments

Recipe video above. These special cookies are an Australian cafe favourite. Shortbread cookies joined with lemon buttercream frosting, they are beautifully buttery, lemony and true to their name, literally "melt in your mouth" unlike any other cookie I know!My cookies are generous sized because I like them big: 6cm / 2.4" diameter, 3.5-4cm / 1.5" thick. I wouldn't go any larger (too much cookie) but feel free to go smaller!

👥 14 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 35 min⏳ Prep: 20 min🔥 Cook: 15 min👤 Nagi📖 recipetineats

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🥘 Ingredients

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🍳 Cookware

●oven
●bowl
●spatula

📝 Preparation Steps

Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F (160°C fan-forced). Line 2 trays with paper.

Cream butter - Place butter, vanilla and icing sugar in a bowl. Beat for ⏱️ 1 minute until smooth and fluffy (start on low to avoid an icing sugar cloud-storm).

Dry in 3 lots - Stir in cornflour and flour in 3 lots using a rubber spatula. (ie add 1/3 of flour + cornflour, stir in, repeat twice more).

Scoop 1 tablespoon of the mixture onto the trays (cookie scoop handy here), then roll into balls using lightly floured hands (to prevent it from sticking). You should have 24 - 28 balls.

Bake - Press down into 1 cm / 0.4" thickness using a fork. Bake for ⏱️ 15 minutes, switching the trays at the ⏱️ 10 minute mark. Fully cool on trays.

Sandwiching - Pipe frosting onto half the melting moments, then sandwich with remaining cookies.

Set - Refrigerate for ⏱️ 1 hour to set the frosting (else it's so soft, it squirts out!). Then remove from the fridge ⏱️ 30 minutes prior to serving.

Lemon icing:

Cream butter - Place butter in a bowl and beat with an electric mixer on medium high for ⏱️ 1 minute until smooth and fluffy. Add 1/3 of the icing sugar, then beat in starting on low and increasing to high (to avoid snow-storm!). Repeat another 2 times.

Beat ⏱️ 2 minutes - Add lemon zest and juice. Then beat on high for ⏱️ 2 minutes until fluffy. Transfer to piping bag, snip end off to make a 1cm / 1/2" hole. Use per recipe.

(2 sticks + 1 tbsp) unsalted butter (, softened (Note 1))250glemon zest2 tsp

Passionfruit icing:

Same method as above for lemon icing.

Nutrition Facts

calories

335 kcal

fat Content

21 g

serving Size

1 serving

fiber Content

0.4 g

sugar Content

21 g

sodium Content

4 mg

protein Content

2 g

trans Fat Content

1 g

cholesterol Content

54 mg

carbohydrate Content

36 g

saturated Fat Content

13 g

unsaturated Fat Content

7 g

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