How fast time flies, darn it: yesterday I was preparing the cotechino and now we’re already in the middle of Carnival..it’s not fair eh!!!
Among all the fried sweets typical of the Carnival period popping up everywhere, today to not be too caloric, I made a shortbread and with the cutters I got I made these crispy and delicious masks!
In some, I put sugar sprinkles in others some decoration with the icing but mostly I left them bare adding a little icing sugar just before eating.
They are cute, I must say these molds to make the masks (which I indicate among the recipe tools) are just perfect and the shortbread shapes beautifully and comes out without smudges or anything else highly recommended!
A simple yet striking little sweet, I think!
In this 2025, Carnival starts on February 16 and ends on March 4, Ash Wednesday, thus preceding the start of Lent.
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I have opened a recipe channel open to all and free on WhatsApp with no notifications and no sound, which you can subscribe to by clicking on the link here https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaHbGIn9cDDig7Cw2x0F and every day you can read a sweet and a savory recipe!
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If you celebrate Carnival, here are some recipes just below:
- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Cheap
- Rest time: 30 Minutes
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 14 Pieces
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Carnival
INGREDIENTS
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 egg yolks
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 pinch salt
- to taste lemon zest (organic or untreated)
- to taste colored sprinkles
- to taste sugar flowers
TOOLS
- Rolling Pins
- Parchment Paper
- Molds
- Stand Mixers
FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE SHORTBREAD MASKS RECIPE
so the softened butter, sugar, flour, grated lemon zest, pinch of salt, yolks and the whole egg.
Mix everything well and let it rest in the fridge for 30 minutes.
Roll out the shortbread without yeast between two sheets of parchment paper to a thickness of about a quarter of an inch (I never quite get the thickness right eh eh) and with the appropriate molds make many masks that are already arranged on the baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Brush some with water and immediately add sugar sprinkles and bake at 356°F until the Carnival shortbread masks are golden.
Let cool and proceed to make royal icing to decorate these crunchy and simple cookies for the whole family!
Enjoy your meal! Annalisa
