Cookies starting with the letter F - Finskapinner, Flour Kurabiye, and Florentine Biscuits

Written by Yash Chawla | June 30, 2024

Thinking of surprising your guests or your loved ones with something unusual this time? Here are three cookies starting with the letter F that you must try if you are on a baking expedition. Try these cookies from the Netherlands, Italy, and Turkey, and they will disappear in a blink of an eye. Keep reading to know more - these recipes are easy enough if you know your way around the kitchen, and if not, give these a shot anyway.

Finskapinner from the Netherlands

Ingredients:

Biscuits:

• 1/2 cup of almonds
• 1/2 cup of sugar
• 2 1/3 cups of wheat flour
• 1 cup of butter

Decoration:

• 1 egg white
• 1/2 cup of almonds

Instructions:

1. Blanch the almonds and peel them
2. Also, preheat your oven to 200°C and prepare your baking tray with parchment paper
3. Then blend the blanched almonds in a food processor until you get a sandy texture
4. Empty the food processor and add the sugar, flour, and softened butter, then blend again
5. You can transfer the dough to a flat surface and knead it
6. Roll it out into a finger-thick long log, then cut into 5 cm sticks
7. Brush each stick with the beaten egg white and press a tablespoon's worth of crushed almonds onto them
8. Place the cookies onto the parchment paper-lined baking tray and bake until golden
9. This should take about 12 minutes
10. Cool on a wire rack before eating

Florentine Biscuit from Italy

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup of salted butter
• 1/4 cup of brown sugar
• 2 tbsp of corn syrup
• 1/3 cup of plain flour
• 1/4 cup of glace cherries
• 3/4 cup of slivered almonds
• 1/3 cup of chopped pistachios
• 1 cup of Cadbury Bournville chocolate (chopped)
• 4 tbsp of orange zest

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celcius and line two baking sheets with baking paper
2. Melt the butter, corn syrup, and sugar in a saucepan over a low flame, then add the flour, cherries, flaked almonds, pistachios, and orange zest
3. Spoon the batter using a tablespoon onto the baking sheets
4. First bake the cookies in the preheated oven for 10 minutes
5. Let them cool for about 2-5 minutes so that they can firm up and become crisp
6. Melt the chopped Cadbury Bournville in a microwave-safe bowl
7. Then smear the melted chocolate onto your freshly baked florentines
8. You can also use a fork to shape wavy lines on top of the cookie

Flour Kurabiye from Turkey

Ingredients:

• 2/3 cup of softened butter
• 3/4 cup of sugar
• 2 cups of refined flour
• 1 tsp of vanilla extract
• 1 tsp of baking sugar
• A cup of powdered sugar

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 200°C and line a baking tray with parchment paper
2. Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl and knead until you achieve a smooth, pliable dough
3. Divide the dough into four parts, then roll each part into a sausage-like shape
4. Using a fork, create a lengthwise pattern on top of each sausage, and cut them into rectangles
5. Place the shaped cookies on the prepared baking tray and bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes
6. After the initial 10 minutes, reduce the oven temperature to 150°C and continue baking for an additional 10 to 15 minutes
7. Sprinkle the warm cookies with powdered sugar