Ube cookies
Soft in the center, slightly crisp at the edges, flecked with white chocolate on a purple base: ube cookies are irresistible.
One dough, one tray, and snack time is saved.
The cookie, purple version
A good cookie plays on textures: soft inside, golden outside.
Ube colors the dough and gives it a vanilla sweetness that calls for white chocolate, its ideal partner. Brown sugar keeps the center fudgy. A revisited classic, as good as it is photogenic.
Ube and white chocolate are a cult duo: both sweet and vanilla-scented, they elevate each other.
Ube cookies, step by step.
A few ingredients, a little patience, and purple takes on dessert.
Ingredients
- 150 g flour
- 90 g soft butter
- 80 g brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp Kinampay ube powder (approx. 10 g)
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 80 g white chocolate chips
Equipment
- A mixing bowl
- A tray and baking paper
- An oven
Preparation
- Work the soft butter with the sugar until pale and creamy.
- Add the egg, then the flour, baking powder and ube powder. Mix without overworking.
- Fold in the white chocolate chips.
- Shape spaced balls on the tray and bake for 11 to 12 minutes at 180 °C: the edges brown, the center stays light.
- Let cool on the tray: the cookies finish setting as they cool.
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See the recipe →The chef's touch
Softness is decided in the baking.
Take the cookies out when the edges are golden but the center is still pale and soft: they harden as they cool. Brown sugar rather than white keeps the center fudgy. Don't stack them while hot.
Chill the dough for 30 minutes before baking: the cookies spread less and stay thick and soft.
Mistakes to avoid
Three pitfalls for wonderfully soft cookies.
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Your questions about this recipe.
How do you make ube cookies?
Vigorously work the butter and brown sugar, add egg, flour and ube powder, fold in the white chocolate, then bake for 11 to 12 minutes at 180 °C.
How do you keep cookies soft?
Slightly underbake them, use brown sugar and store them in an airtight container with a piece of bread.
Can the dough be frozen?
Yes: shape the balls and freeze them. Bake them straight from frozen, adding one or two minutes.
Do ube cookies contain caffeine?
No, ube is naturally caffeine-free.
What can replace white chocolate?
Macadamia nuts, milk chocolate or grated coconut.