1610 Rose Cakes
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon mace
1/4 cup rose syrup (or 1 teaspoon rose water mixed with 3 tablespoons honey & 1 tablespoon water)
2 tablespoons cream
2 large egg yolks
2 cups pastry flour
2 tablespoons crushed candied rose petals (optional)
1. Using an electric mixer on med. speed, cream butter, sugar, mace and 2 tbsp of rose syrup. And the cream until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolks one at at time, mixing well. Add flour 1 cup at a time, mixing until just blended.
2. Oven to 350F. Use a cookie press or drop spoonfuls of dough onto a well buttered non-stick cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes. Brush the hot cookies with remaining rose syrup and sprinke with rose petals.
*What I did differently*
Firstly, I used the honey and rosewater mix. I didn't butter the pans, but lined my good cookie sheets with parchment paper. I also have no candied rose petals.
I rolled them into balls and flattened them. Dropping off the spoon just made a lump :P They don't rise much at all (I was wondering how they would turn out with no rising agent in the recipe.
Overall I think they turned out well. They don't taste like soap. I find most things with rose water taste like they should really be in the soap dish at my grandmother's.
I also doubled the recipe and made two batches. In total, 140 cookies.
1/2 cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon mace
1/4 cup rose syrup (or 1 teaspoon rose water mixed with 3 tablespoons honey & 1 tablespoon water)
2 tablespoons cream
2 large egg yolks
2 cups pastry flour
2 tablespoons crushed candied rose petals (optional)
1. Using an electric mixer on med. speed, cream butter, sugar, mace and 2 tbsp of rose syrup. And the cream until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolks one at at time, mixing well. Add flour 1 cup at a time, mixing until just blended.
2. Oven to 350F. Use a cookie press or drop spoonfuls of dough onto a well buttered non-stick cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes. Brush the hot cookies with remaining rose syrup and sprinke with rose petals.
*What I did differently*
Firstly, I used the honey and rosewater mix. I didn't butter the pans, but lined my good cookie sheets with parchment paper. I also have no candied rose petals.
I rolled them into balls and flattened them. Dropping off the spoon just made a lump :P They don't rise much at all (I was wondering how they would turn out with no rising agent in the recipe.
Overall I think they turned out well. They don't taste like soap. I find most things with rose water taste like they should really be in the soap dish at my grandmother's.
I also doubled the recipe and made two batches. In total, 140 cookies.