Turkish Shortbread
(Un Kurabiyesi)
250 ml unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
Garnish:
1/2 cup powdered sugar
Cream the powdered sugar and vanilla with butter, then slowly add the flour and baking powder. Make sure everything's well mixed. Make chestnut sized balls with your hands. Put parchment paper on an oven tray and arrange them on it.
Preheat the oven to 375 F and bake for about 15 minutes. Immediately sprinkle some powdered sugar on top using a small strainer after you take them out of the oven.
Makes 18-20 pieces.
25 Comments:
Delish! I make something exactly like that, but they're called "Mexican Wedding Cakes." Excellent presentation.
Is this the crumbly on the outside yet creamy in your mouth as you eat it....type of cookie I love? Oh, the memories, again!
Hello,
How can I replace butter with some oil? Do you have a ratio to mix these two?
By the way, I have been looking for something just like this! I live in America. I heard the name "Shortbread" often but I had never had it before, at least until yesterday. I had a commercial brand shortbread cookie and I started to wonder what kind of Turkish recipe can be like this. I didn't even know what it is really called in Turkish, at least until now. You saved me a lot of work and time:) Thank you very much.
Aysel
They look so delicate and wonderful! Beautiful...
Hi Erin,
Thank you for letting me know that there's something similar named
"Mexican Wedding Cakes." I wonder how many more names it has all over
the world:)
Hi Sonya,
Yes that's the one, it melts in your mouth...yummy:) so many wonderful memories....
Hi Aysel,
You're very welcome:) I am glad I posted this now. I never replaced
butter with any other oil. But if you really want to replace it, use
the same amount of oil... the taste may not be the same.... are you sure you want to do that.... miss the fragrance of butter:)
Thank you Rosa, they are really tasty:)
Selam Binnur,
I made these last week. They taste great! However, when making them the dough was really not sticking together. I wondered if I did anything wrong? The only thing I can think of is that I have melted the butter in the microwave before adding it. I wanted to add some fluid because it was really hard to make nice shaped forms of them, but decided not to do as I was not sure what I could add...
Tessekürler,
Meike
Selam Meike,
Dough is supposed to be sticking together. I never melt the butter, if
you melt butter, icing sugar and butter can't be creamy. That
spoils the consistency. This dough's texture is different than the
other cookie doughs:)
Sevgilerimle,
Merhaba Binnur,
Is powdered sugar the same as icing sugar? I will try to make them and I hope it works!
Thanks
Deniz
Hi Deniz,
Yes, powdered sugar and icing sugar are the same. If you follow the recipe, be sure it works:)
Merhaba Binnur Teyze!
I am a yabancı living in Antalya. My roommate and I wanted to make something to share with our neighbours during Şeker Bayramı last week, and we thought we'd give your cookies a try. Everyone loved them! We had people we hadn't even taken them to hear "through the grapevine" how good they were and ask for the recipe! Çoooook teşekkürler!
Hi Binnur
I'd like to try making your shortbread they look wonderful. Can i just check with you re the quantity of butter
250 ml - i normally measure butter by weight rather than volume do you know how i can translate your measurement to grammes. Also where does this recipe come from.
Hi Laura,
Butter is 250 gr (2 sticks). Un Kurabiyesi is a traditional Turkish recipe.
Thanks very much Binnur. I will have a go making these this week. Would you mind if i posted your recipe on my site www.masdudiable.com of course i will link to your site and the recipe as source.
Hi Laura
Sure you can post as long as you refer to my website:)
Take care,
cok tesekkur edim Binnur!cok guzel ve Nefis!!Gence yil un kurabiyesi yidim turkiyede. I've never thought i could make it by myself! It turns out really lovely and even better than i've had in turkey! Ben Cinli ve erkek arkadasim Turk. I've tried many of your recipes and love most of them!I'll make dishes with your guiding when he come to China later this year:) Binnur, you are the best!! BTW, he'd love to say tesekkur as well~
Nan
Tesekkur ederim Nan,
I am glad you liked it:) You can cook or bake every recipe that I've been posting. If you need anything please do not hesitate to ask me:)
En icten sevgilerimi yolluyorum,
I love your website!My husband is Turkish and your site really helps me out alot.
Thank You
Thanks a lot Binnur. Tam kotu bir cook olduguma karar verdigim ve yemek pisirmeyi terketmek uzereyken siteni kesfettim. Hayatimda ilk kez yaptigim harika un kurabiyelerini gorunce esim de sok oldu. Your recipe's clear and easy. You need to follow just the direction, that's it.
I did it...
Sevil
Thank you Binnur for sharing this recipe. I'll try it soon. I was just wonderin how to mix the ingredients. Would a wooden spoon be alright? And is vanilla the same as vanilla essence?
Thanks
Handan
Hi Handan,
Thank you:) I mix the ingredients my hand:) If you like use wooden spoon to cream the powdered sugar and vanilla with butter. Then use your hand:) Yes, it is vanilla extract.
Sevgilerimle,
Hola from Tenerife!
I have tried to make these on 3 occassions now but every time they just melt and go flat in the oven, what am i doing wrong???
Hola,
I wish I could know why the balls extended in the oven! Maybe the
heat of the oven was too low, I'm sorry, I really don't know.. This is
the recipe I always use...
Did you preheat the oven? The dough will have melted if you didn't...
Take care,
it is 250gram of butter? i didnt get the ml mesurement for butter as we only get solid butter here.
250 gr (solid) = 250 ml = 2 sticks
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