Kleeb Lam-duan Thai Shortbread Cookies

Kleeb-Lam Duan cookies are so named because Kleeb Lam Duan, known for ivory floral fragrance and delicious Thai unique design of three petals are similar.

This provision contains a number of changes to the original version. Traditionally, cut the flowers before the founding of dough formed into balls about an inch, each ball into three pieces, then joining the ends of three blocks, when the three petals. Here, how to cut a direct access to the site that the ball into quarters. It is much easier. Two half - twice.

Traditionally such as Thailand, cakes, biscuits, Lam Duan Kleeb, without the addition of spices such as vanilla extract. Instead, these cookies are placed in an airtight container as a lid of the container, especially dessert with a candle-making. Candle and the lid is closed on its fragrant smoke into the bottle.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups all-purpose wheat flour
• 1 egg yolk
• ¾ cup sugar
• 9 tbsp vegetable oil
• food coloring (optional)

Preparation:

• Flour and sugar in a bowl.
• Egg yolks and stir in oil, gradually until dough forms.
• Roll the dough into small balls with a diameter of 1.5 cm.
• Cut the individual sphere of 4 pieces and at the end of the three blocks of flowers.
• Angle tagged in half, roll was cut into a ball and put it in the Union has three seats on the flower in the middle.
• Scoring center with a knife and egg yolk with a little "or a pink post.
• The flowers are bowl.
• Bake at 300F for 12 minutes or until cookies are lightly browned.
• Remove from oven, transfer cookies to a cooling rack.
• invented the candle smoke and store in an airtight container.

Note: To smoke the cookies : place the cookies in a container, pot etc. Put a "Fragrant Candle" in a small bowl and lit for a few seconds, then snuff out and place in the container with its contents left overnight.