Marbled Ube Cookies
Ube Marbled Cookies, a gorgeous cookie that tastes as good as it looks.
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 270gm
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
Creamed Mixture
- 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature 227gm
- 1 1/4 cup granulated sugar, and more for rolling 250gm
- 1 large egg room temperature
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
Additions to Dough
- 2 tbsp ube purple yam powder, see note
- 1 tsp ube extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (177°C). Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat together the butter and 1-1⁄4 cups (250 g) of the sugar on medium speed until they are smooth, about 30 seconds. Add the egg and vanilla and beat to combine.
- Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and mix on low speed just until combined and no more streaks of the flour mixture remain, about 45 seconds.
- Divide the dough into two equal portions (a scale comes in handy here) and leave one portion in the mixer. Add ube powder and extract to the mixer bowl. Mix on low speed until combined. The combination of ube powder and extract makes a nice purple color, no need for food coloring.
- Take a heaping tablespoon of each dough and combine the dough by rolling between the palms of your hands to create a ball. I used a #40 ice cream scoop.
- Toss the dough balls in a bowl of granulated sugar until each is coated.
- Place dough balls on baking sheet, leaving 2 inches between each ball. Bake cookies for 11 to 14 minutes, until the edges of the cookies are light golden brown. Right before the cookies are ready to come out of the oven, tap the baking sheet on the oven rack a few times to create the ripple edges. Do not overbake.
- Remove cookies from oven. If the cookies aren't round, place a circular cookie cutter or glass over the warm cookie and gently swirl the cookie to reshape. Then allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
Ube powder and extract can be found in most Asian markets or online.