Thursday 29 January 2009

Daring Bakers 12: Tuilles



This month's challenge is brought to us by Karen of Bake My Day and Zorra of 1x umruehren bitte aka Kochtopf. They have chosen Tuiles from The Chocolate Book by Angélique Schmeink and Nougatine and Chocolate Tuiles from Michel Roux.

I'm a little last minute in getting this posted - I completely forgot about it until this morning and have rushed doing it today so they aren't as good as they could be.

Tuilles



Ingredients

65 grams / ¼ cup / 2.3 ounces softened butter (not melted but soft)
60 grams / ½ cup / 2.1 ounces sifted confectioner’s sugar
1 sachet vanilla sugar (7 grams or substitute with a dash of vanilla extract)
2 large egg whites (slightly whisked with a fork)
65 grams / 1/2 cup / 2.3 ounces sifted all purpose flour
1 table spoon cocoa powder/or food coloring of choice
Butter/spray to grease baking sheet

Recipe
Oven: 180C / 350F

Using a hand whisk or a stand mixer fitted with the paddle (low speed) and cream butter, sugar and vanilla to a paste. Keep stirring while you gradually add the egg whites. Continue to add the flour in small batches and stir to achieve a homogeneous and smooth batter/paste. Be careful to not overmix.
Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and chill in the fridge for at least 30 minutes to firm up. (This batter will keep in the fridge for up to a week, take it out 30 minutes before you plan to use it).

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or grease with either butter/spray and chill in the fridge for at least 15 minutes. This will help spread the batter more easily if using a stencil/cardboard template such as the butterfly. Press the stencil on the bakingsheet and use an off sided spatula to spread batter. Leave some room in between your shapes. Mix a small part of the batter with the cocoa and a few drops of warm water until evenly colored. Use this colored batter in a paper piping bag and proceed to pipe decorations on the wings and body of the butterfly.

Bake butterflies in a preheated oven (180C/350F) for about 5-10 minutes or until the edges turn golden brown. Immediately release from bakingsheet and proceed to shape/bend the cookies in the desired shape. These cookies have to be shaped when still warm, you might want to bake a small amount at a time or maybe put them in the oven to warm them up again. (Haven’t tried that). Or: place a bakingsheet toward the front of the warm oven, leaving the door half open. The warmth will keep the cookies malleable.

If you don’t want to do stencil shapes, you might want to transfer the batter into a piping bag fitted with a small plain tip. Pipe the desired shapes and bake. Shape immediately after baking using for instance a rolling pin, a broom handle, cups, cones…


Check out how the rest of the DBers did via the blogroll.

In other news I found my camera that I had lost with the photos of last month's daring baker's challenge so here it is....



10 comments:

  1. At least you got them going Ruth...good for you! Will wait for the cable to be found. xoxoxox

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  2. They look wonderfully light and crispy! Great job Ruth!

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  3. I can't believe you made them last minute! They don't look like it!

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  4. I ended up at the lst moment too ! but your tuiles are great looking !

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  5. These look great and wouldn't last long in my house! ;)

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  6. Yes, I agree, they look great! and last-minute, too???

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  7. Great looking tuiles Ruth.

    Rosie x

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  8. Great job. I found your blog because someone mentioned Bookmarked Recipes, which I think is a great concept. How do I get involved?

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  9. They look like you got them nice and crispy. Bet they tasted great!

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