Servings: Makes about 4 dozen
Ingredients:
2/3 cup unsalted butter
1 cup icing sugar
2-1/2 cups cornflour
1 heaping tbsp. tapioca flour
2 tbsp. milk powder
2 large egg yolks
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Red food colouring
Instructions:
Line cookie sheets with non-stick parchment paper, and pre-heat oven to 160 degrees C (320 F).
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat egg yolks together with vanilla extract and add to butter mixture.
Sift together cornflour, tapioca flour and milk powder. Add to the above and mix into a soft smooth dough.
Put mixture into cookie press fitted with 1 cm (1/2 inch) star tube. Pipe cookies into 5 cm (2 inches) long wiggly shapes. Using toothpicks, make 2 dots with red food colouring at one end to resemble "eyes".
Bake in 160 degree C (320 F) oven for 20-25 minutes or until pale golden.
Source: Choo Teck Poh
Submitted By: Choo Teck Poh
Date: 16 January 2003