Pandoro cookies are easy, quick, fragrant, and delicious Christmas treats. I hadn’t published new Christmas sweets yet, having already prepared several savory recipes, and so we begin with these melt-in-your-mouth and very tasty cookies. Pandoro cookies are butter cookies, covered in powdered sugar, and can be prepared in just a few minutes without eggs and without yeast, using only 4 main ingredients, plus flavorings, to create Christmas cookies that melt in your mouth and remind you of the taste of pandoro. Pandoro cookies keep well, so you can prepare them well in advance, and they are perfect to give as gifts, delicious on their own, and perfect for dipping in cappuccino or hot chocolate, ideal for accompanying a nice tea or herbal tea!
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 15 Pieces
- Cooking methods: Oven, Electric Oven, Air Frying
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Christmas, New Year
Ingredients
- 1.75 cups all-purpose flour
- 7 oz butter
- 0.8 cups cornstarch
- 6 tbsp sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 orange zest
- 1 lemon zest
- to taste vanilla
- to taste powdered sugar (for coating)
Steps
Pandoro cookies are very simple and quick to prepare. First, put the room temperature butter, flour, cornstarch, sugar, vanilla, a pinch of salt, grated orange, and lemon zest in a bowl and mix quickly with a fork.
As soon as the mixture becomes crumbly, knead it with your hands until you obtain a soft and homogeneous dough (if you prefer, you can also use a stand mixer).
Take a bit of the mixture with a spoon and form balls. Place the pandoro cookies on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and flatten them slightly with two fingers, then bake them in a preheated oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 minutes; they should be slightly golden. Do not overbake, as it will affect the taste and texture.
Remove the pandoro cookies from the oven and let them cool completely (do not touch them while hot as they will break), then roll them in powdered sugar and they are ready.
Tips:
Pandoro cookies keep at room temperature for up to 2 weeks. Unfortunately, the butter cannot be replaced with oil. Instead of cornstarch, you can use potato starch, or even all-purpose flour, but with cornstarch or potato starch, they will be softer and more crumbly. If you prefer super melt-in-your-mouth cookies, where you don’t feel the granularity of the sugar, use powdered sugar instead of granulated sugar in the dough.
Other Christmas cookie recipes HERE
