giraffe vanilla custard kisses (with shaping instructions) 长颈鹿香草卡仕达夹心饼（附超详细整形图解） (͒⑅′࿉‵⑅)͒ෆ*

i enjoy making cute cookies… but making them free hand (like my moo~moo biscuits) is really time consuming… and so i got an idea…
我非常喜欢做造型曲奇／饼干，可是没模具，真的是费时，费力。。 and so, 我灵机一动。。。
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Recipe adapted & translated from Grandma’s Special Recipes

Ingredients (makes 40 cookies)
* i halved the recipe
* green fonts indicate my modifications to the half recipe

125g unsalted butter *i used 62.5g
125g caster sugar *i used 50g
2 egg yolks *i used 1 egg yolk
2 teaspoons vanilla essence *i used 1 tsp 
60g custard powder *i used 30g 
120g plain flour *i used 80g
120g self-raising flour *i used 40g  of raising flour since i was making an animal cookie ~ couldn’t afford for the cookie to rise too much

vanilla cream

40g unsalted butter, softened *i used 20g
110g icing sugar *i used 34g
1 tsp vanilla essence * i used 1/2 tsp
1 tbsp milk *i used 1/4 tbsp

食材 （可做40个夹心饼）
＊我做了食谱的半份
＊绿色字体代表我在食材用量上的调整

无盐黄油 125克＊我用了62.5克
细砂糖 125可 ＊我用了50克
蛋黄 2颗 ＊我用了一颗蛋黄
香草精 2 小匙 ＊我用了一小匙
卡仕达粉 60克 ＊我用了30克
面粉 120克 ＊我用了80克
自发粉 120克 ＊因为这次做的是造型饼干，自发粉的用量我只用了40克，以免饼干发了后会走样

香草夹心奶油馅

软化黄油 40克 ＊我用了20克
糖霜 110克 ＊我用了34克
香草精 1 小匙 ＊我用了1/2小匙
牛奶 1 大匙 ＊我用了1/4大匙

Directions/做法

– preheat oven to 180 degrees C. grease 2 baking sheets and line with baking paper
烤箱预热至180摄氏度。烤盘涂抹黄油并铺上烘焙纸

– beat butter and sugar in a small mixing bowl till mixture is light and creamy. add egg yolks in one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition. add essence and beat until combined
黄油和糖打发至鬅松状态，加入一颗蛋黄。拌匀，再加入另一颗蛋黄。搅拌均匀加入香草精

– transfer mixture to a large mixing bowl and fold in sifted custard powder and flours. stir till combined and mixture is smooth
将面糊倒入大的容器中，拌入过筛的卡仕达粉和面粉。拌至均匀并面糊变光滑

– roll 1 level teaspoon of mixture at a time into a ball and arrange about 2 inch apart on trays. flatten lightly with base on a glass into a 2.5cm rounds. bake for 12 mins or until golden
取一小匙面糊，搓成小圆球，摆放在烤盘上。面团之间预留2寸空隙。用杯子底部将面团稍微压扁至2.5厘米大。饼干送入烤箱，烤12分钟或至金黄色即可

– make vanilla cream by beating butter and essence with wooden spoon till smooth. add sifted icing sugar and milk gradually, stirring until mixture is smooth
饼干冷却当儿，准备香草夹心奶油 ～ 软化黄油和香草精用木勺打至光滑。加入过筛的糖粉及适量的牛奶，继续搅拌至均匀

– spread filling onto cookies and sandwich together
将香草夹心奶油涂抹在饼干上，再用一片饼干将其合起即可

Personal notes/温馨小贴士:

– shaping giraffe biscuits – first divide dough into 3 portions, a big portion, and two small portions. knead in some pumpkin powder into the largest portion. set aside
长颈鹿饼干整形方式 ~ 面团分割成3份，两份小，一份较大。较大一份筛入一些南瓜粉，搓匀备用

– mix 1/2 tsp of cocoa powder with some hot water and knead this into a small portion of dough. knead to incorporate cocoa powder. set aside
用一点热水融化1/2小匙可可粉，再将可可酱搓入一份小面团。搓匀备用

roll out pumpkin dough into a 0.4cm thick sheet
南瓜粉面团擀平至0.4厘米厚度

use a pear shape cookie cutter…
使用梨形饼干模。。。

… and cut out as many cookies as you can. this will be the giraffe’s face
。。。裁切面皮。 这就形成了长颈鹿的脸

place cut out cookies on baking paper
裁切的饼干放在烘焙纸上

trim off the stalk of the pear
将其梗切除

then, use the leaf shape of the apple cookie cutter..
转换用苹果饼干切模

cut out as many “leaves” as you can and attach to the giraffe’s face as ears
。。使用苹果饼干膜的树叶部位裁切出长颈鹿的耳朵，并将面团粘到长颈鹿的脸角上

roll out original dough into a 0.2cm thick sheet and prepare a piping tip
将原面团擀平至0.2厘米厚度，并准备一个裱花嘴

using the base of the piping tip, cut out circles
使用裱花嘴的底部裁切出小圆形

press these circles using your fingers into an oval shape. these will form the nose of the giraffe
将小圆形面团用手指轻轻压成椭圆形. 这就是长颈鹿的鼻子

attach these to the nose portion of the giraffe’s face and prick two holes using toothpick
将鼻子粘到长颈鹿的脸上,然后用牙签捅出两个小孔

roll cocoa dough into a 0.4cm thick sheet and use the alphabet “I” to cut out giraffe’s ossicones. slice each “I” into half
可可面团擀平至0.4厘米厚度，用英文字幕”I” 切出长颈鹿的类角。每个”I” 字幕再裁成一半

place ossicones onto giraffe’s head
类角粘到长颈鹿头顶上

use a big round piping tip to cut out the round shape of ossicones
使用一个大圆形裱花嘴切出类角上的圆形

your cookies should look like that at this juncture…about done about done
此时的饼干应该是这个模样。。就快大功告成啦

roll remaining cocoa dough sheet into a 0.2cm thick sheet and use different round piping tips to cut out spots for giraffe’s face
剩余可可面团擀平至0.2厘米厚度，用不同大小的圆形裱花嘴裁切出长颈鹿的斑点

place spots randomly onto giraffe’s face and place sesame seeds as eyes. then bake away!
i baked my cookies for 14 mins in preheated oven of 170 degrees C
i made 13 pairs of giraffe cookies
斑点随意摆放在长颈鹿脸上，粘上黑芝麻当眼睛就可送入烤箱烘焙啦！
我的饼干是在170摄氏度烤箱里烤了14分钟
这次做了13对长颈鹿饼干

i piped the vanilla cream onto the cookie before sandwiching them
我是将香草奶油馅放入裱花袋，将奶油馅挤在饼干上

see (=ﾟωﾟ)ﾉ cookies can be fun right?
瞧瞧！造形饼干很可爱吧 ε-(´∀｀; )

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