How to make beautiful two-color marbled biscuits (detailed illustrated version of pattern shaping)

Overview

The two-color marble cookies I bring to you today come in two flavors: matcha and chocolate. The key to this production is whether it can produce beautiful and clear patterns. Many recipes do not have illustrations of this key step. When I made Huaer today, I specially included an exploded diagram to give you a clearer decomposition step.

Tags

• baking
• picnic
• cookies
• breakfast
• afternoon tea
• late night snack
• butter
• cake flour
• cocoa powder
• matcha powder
• vanilla extract
• whole egg liquid
• fine sugar

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 After softening 100 grams of butter, mix with fine sugar and beat with a whisk until the volume expands and the color becomes lighter.

   

2. 2 Add 1/4 of the whole egg liquid and continue beating until the egg liquid and butter are fully combined. It is recommended here that you must put less egg liquid. The batter produced by this method is relatively viscous. If too much egg liquid is added, the butter will emulsify, which will particularly affect the taste.

   

3. 3 Add half a capful of vanilla extract. Because this one has a matcha flavor, the matcha taste is slightly bitter, and it is tempered with vanilla extract, which makes it taste particularly good. If there is no vanilla extract, you can leave it out.

   

4. 4 Sift in cake flour. Mix with a spatula to form a soft dough. Because winter is relatively cold, even softened butter will condense when exposed to cold, so the dough becomes such a hard lump. Now you can't just rely on a scraper, you have to knead the dough with your hands, soften the butter and flour with the temperature of your palms, and it will soon become a soft dough.

   

5. 5 Divide 1/4 of the dough and add 2 grams of matcha powder; divide 1/4 and add 2 grams of cocoa powder. Knead cocoa dough and matcha dough separately. Now you get 3 soft doughs.

   

6. 6 Divide the butter dough into two equal portions, then knead 4 pieces into a cylindrical shape.

   

7. 7 Now begins the crucial process of shaping the dough. First, stack two cylindrical dough balls of different colors together, and anyone can be on top. Twist it like a twist, then fold it in half.

   

8. 8 Fold the two separated pieces of cylindrical dough in half, then fold them together and repeat twisting again.

   

9. 9 Repeat this again. Generally, 3-4 times is enough. Do not use too many times, otherwise the two colors will blend together and the pattern will not be cleaned. But two times is definitely not enough. The result is that they are clearly distinct and each has its own color.

   

10. 10 Matcha is also made this way.

    

11. 11 After it is done, use a scraper to shape it slightly to form a more regular cylindrical shape. Then wrap it in plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator for 30-40 minutes. Remember, it’s frozen!

    

12. 12 The dough is now firmer and you can see it. Use the dough cut into even 0.3cm pieces.

    

13. 13 Now you can see the nice clear marbling. Generally, the lines at both ends are not clear enough, and the ones in the middle look better.

    

14. 14 Preheat the oven to 180 degrees for 5 minutes. Bake the cookies at 180 degrees for 15 minutes, with the heat up and down.

    

15. 15 Another clear one! How is it? It’s a very simple method. This recipe is quite soft and has a rich flavor! Come and give it a try if you have a chance!