Tombstones and Castles Sesame Cookies for Halloween.
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Ingredients of Tombstones and Castles Sesame Cookies for Halloween
- You need 50 grams of Butter.
- Prepare 150 grams of Flour.
- You need 40 grams of Powdered Sugar.
- It’s 4 tbsp of Ground black sesame seeds.
- Prepare 1 of Egg Yolk.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of Heavy Cream.
- Prepare 1 dash of Vanilla Extract.
- You need 10 grams of Chocolate (for writing).
- You need 1/2 of bar white chocolate (For the castle).
Tombstones and Castles Sesame Cookies for Halloween instructions
- Combine ingredients from the butter to the ground sesame, and mix together in a food processor until smooth..
- Add cream, egg yolk and vanilla extract..
- Keep stirring while pulsing until the dough lumps like the photo..
- Roll into a ball and flatten the dough wrapped in plastic wrap and put in the freezer for 30 minutes..
- [Tomb] Roll out the wrapped dough to about 7~8 mm and cut out the shape of a tomb with a knife. Mark the inside of the tomb with the knife as well..
- Press the flat end of the knife into the inside to make a dip..
- It should look like this, so there's an outline around the edge of the tombstone that's slightly higher than the middle. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper and lay the cookies..
- Here's a cool way to alter the design. The eyes and nose were shaped using the tip and end of a bamboo skewer or toothpick..
- Next cut out this shape….
- Just like before, make an shallow indentation, and poke four holes to the cross..
- [Castle] Here's our castle image. Flatten the dough to 4 mm thick on top of an oven sheet..
- For the window frames, roof and arch, add dough to create a 3D effect. Create the impression of stone with your knife. The pointed end is so we can place it into a cake later..
- Create tiles on the triangular roof..
- [Gate] Flatten the dough to 5 mm thick, and cut it to this shape..
- Add another layer of dough on top of the arch. Stick it securely..
- Create the stone texture using your knife again. Adding some cracks will make it look like a ruin..
- Columns: Make 4 square shaped cookies for the corners of. Each one is 7 cm tall and 3 cm wide, and 5 mm thick..
- Add dough on top, and create a stone texture..
- It will be used like this..
- Here are all the parts laid out on the oven sheet. Bake in the oven for 30 minutes at 150°C (300°F)..
- Done. The color is a little weak, but it will change after cooling..
- Make an icing tube with your oven paper, put in melted chocolate, then write on the arch and tombstones..
- Because the castle is so big, it will crack easily. To prevent cracking, spread melted white chocolate on the back..
- All that's left is to decorate your castle to your heart's content..