These are buttery, whole-wheat shortbread cookies – aromatic with rosewater, flecked with toasted nuts and dried rose petals. They’ve a crunchy dusting of sugar on prime that gives a satisfying, candy tongue scratch, and are punctuated with black sesame. I am not going to lie – it took a couple of makes an attempt to nail them down, as lots of , coping with floral flavors generally is a bit tough. However now, as written, they’re fantastic!

Rose Shortbread Cookies: Inspiration

These buttery gems took place after I was tasked with bringing dessert to a pal’s home. She was cooking a formidable Ottolenghi-inspired feast, and I assumed these can be a fairly end, with the rose petals and all. Within the years since that dinner they’ve turn into a part of my common shortbread repertoire, and I make them typically for particular events and holidays. I imply, they’re so beautiful and attractive!

Baking with Flowers

The trick with cooking or baking with florals is determining how a lot is an excessive amount of, and the way little is just too little. For instance, with this shortbread recipe, the primary couple of makes an attempt I used dried rose petals solely, and quantity. However the taste acquired pushed round a bit, bullied and overpowered by the browning butter.

Second try? I gave the rose notes a lift by layering the petals within the dough with a splash of rose water. The dough instantly turned extra aromatic, balanced, and helped nail what I supposed (and hoped for) from the beginning. I recommend utilizing a little bit of warning when baking with rose water, as a result of every bottle appears to range in energy, high quality, and scent. Strictly for reference, I am going to point out that I’ve been utilizing Nielsen-Massey Rose Water. In the event you’re uncertain in regards to the high quality or energy of your rose water, begin with half, and style the dough. You possibly can at all times regulate with extra from there. Belief your senses :)!

These little shortbread cookies are good alongside different bite-sized treats on a post-dinner sweets board. I like to interrupt up bar of chocolate, embody some salted caramels, possibly a couple of dates, and so on. Or you may do a cookie-only sampler, with a spread of tiny cookies. They’re nice for events and showers and boxed up as a present as effectively. Get pleasure from!

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