"Avocado" Shortbreads
Avocado has become one of the trendiest food in the western world being the perfect thing on toast, in smoothies or even as a pasta sauce. I've been eating avocados since I was born (trend setter I know!) but love using them in my savoury recipes as their creamy texture and simply fresh flavour makes them the perfect addition to any dish. Recently, I made avocado brownies, and whilst my family did like them we all agreed we preferred normal brownies. Don't worry! I'm not about to give you a recipe for biscuits with avocado in them because honestly I think that would be disgusting. However, after looking on one of my favour baking websites, https://bakerlogy.com/ I found an avocado cookie cutter and simply knew I had to try making avocado shaped cookies. They are simply my normal shortbread recipe, although the "stone" is chocolate flavour, therefore still have their buttery taste but I would say the extra care with presentation really makes the difference. I have tried and tested countless alternatives for green food colouring including matcha and even mint purée however the flavour of my original shortbreads is already perfect therefore I honestly don't see the point in changing or meddling with the it. I hope you have as much fun making these scrumptious shortbreads as I always do!
Here is my recipe for "Avocado" Shortbreads:
Ingredients: (Makes 28)
- 200g Butter, softened
- 100g Caster Sugar
- 300g Plain Flour
- 1tsp Green Food Colouring
- 1tbs Cocoa Powder
Method:
- Preheat the oven to 175’c, gas mark 4
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth
- Sift in the flour and mix well until a dough forms
- Separate the dough in an 9:1 ratio and colour the larger fraction with the green food colouring and the smaller fraction with the cocoa powder
- Using a cookie cutter, cut the green dough into 28 avocado shaped pieces and the brown dough into small circles
- Carefully place the brown circles on top of the avocados and place them on trays - they won't spread but still need to be about half a centimetre apart.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes
- Enjoy!!
