Sugar Sandwich Cookies
These sugar sandwich cookies feature a soft dough filled with red bean paste, topped with crunchy granulated sugar and goji berries.
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Baking these cookies fills the kitchen with the warm aroma of coconut and vanilla. The dough is rolled out with a sweet red bean paste center, then sprinkled with coarse sugar for a delightful crunch. A single goji berry adds a touch of color to each piece before they are baked until golden and firm.
Ingredients
All-purpose flour
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Vanilla powder
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Baking powder
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Desiccated coconut
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Instant lotus root powder
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Vegetable oil
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Eggs
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Red bean paste filling
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Goji berries
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Dusting flour
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White sugar
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Granulated sugar
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Instructions
1
Step 1
Pour white sugar into the vegetable oil and mix well.
2
Step 2
Pour in lotus root powder and mix well.
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Step 3
Add eggs in batches, beating until pale.
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Step 4
Pour in coconut flakes, mix well until it forms a thin batter.
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Step 5
Sift in the flour.
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Step 6
Gather into a soft dough; adjust the amount of flour based your flour's absorbency, the dough's softness should be comparable to the red bean paste filling.
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Step 7
Let the dough rest for 15 minutes, then roll it into a 3-4mm rectangle (if the dough is too soft, fold it in thirds twice); place red bean paste filling on one half, spread evenly, leaving some space at the edges.
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Step 8
Fold the dough sheet in half and pinch tightly.
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Step 9
Roll into a dough sheet about 3mm thick.
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Step 10
Sprinkle a layer of granulated sugar on the surface and press down slightly with hands or a rolling pin.
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Step 11
Press out shapes with a mold and arrange on the baking sheet; if very soft, use a scraper to assist in moving them (remaining dough sheets can be gathered together and pressed again; they may not look as good, but the taste remains the same).
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Step 12
Decorate with goji berries (you can mark the spots first and decorate after baking, as goji berries burn easily; prick some small holes on the surface to prevent puffing); place in a preheated oven at 160 degrees, middle rack for about 20 minutes, until hard and the bottom turns yellow.
