Uraro Cookies
Araro are Filipino cookies made of arrowroot flour. They're powdery, melt-in-your-mouth, and delicious as a midday snack with coffee or tea.
- Prep time
- 25 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 80 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
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- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 cups arrowroot starch/flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 350 F.
- 2
In a large bowl, sift together arrowroot flour, all-purpose flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
- 3
In another mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar with an electric mixer until creamy and fluffy.
- 4
Beat in eggs one at a time, just until incorporated. Beat in vanilla extract.
- 5
Gradually add the dry ingredients to the mixing bowl, starting at low speed to moisten and then increasing the speed to incorporate fully.
- 6
Beat just until the batter is smooth. DO not overbeat.
- 7
Transfer the batter into a cookie press. Dispense the batter in a single press onto an ungreased baking sheet, leaving about 1 and 1/2 inch space in between.
- 8
Bake in the preheated 350 F oven for 12 to 15 minutes, or until the undersides are starting to turn golden.
- 9
Allow to cool completely in the pan. To remove, simply slide a cookie with your fingers until it releases. Do not use a spatula to lift the cookies as they're fragile and might break.