Yield: 70 cookies
Ingredients:
2 ½ sticks unsalted butter – room temperature
½ cup sugar
¼ teaspoon of salt
2 ½ cups flour
300g Goiabada - guava paste
Confectionary sugar for sprinkling
Instructions:
In a mixer with cookie paddle, beat butter with sugar and salt until creamy.
Gradually stir in flour until dough is formed.
Cut dough into quarters, and roll each quarter into 1/8” thick between 2 wax paper sheets.
Allow dough to relax for 20 minutes in the refrigerator.
Cut guava paste into ¼” strips, and then cut each strip into 6 pieces. Reserve.
Cut dough into circles using 2 ½” cookie cutter.
Place guava paste in center and then pinch one side up. Turn and pinch second and then third to make a triangular shape. Leave a little bit of the filling showing at the top.
Place cookies on a cookie sheet lined with wax paper and freeze cookies for 2 hours before baking or keep frozen for up to 6 months.
For baking place cookies on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
Bake cookies at 350°F for 18 minutes or until light golden brown.
Allow to cool down for 2 minutes before removing from cookie sheet and transfer to a cooling rack.
Sprinkle with confectionary sugar.
Keep at room temperature in air tight container for up to one week or freeze them up to 3 months.
Biscoito de Goiaba -
Guaba Cookies
Hi Everyone,
The recipe for today is Biscoito de Goiaba – Guava Cookies.
I make guava cookies for the holidays or for a cookie swap or even to thank someone.
It can be done ahead and frozen and baked when needed…
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