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

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:

• ½ cup of almonds
• ½ cup of sugar
• 2 ⅓ cups of wheat flour
• 1 cup of butter

Decoration:

• 1 egg white
• ½ cup of almonds

Instructions:

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

Florentine Biscuit from Italy

Ingredients:

• ¼ cup of salted butter
• ¼ cup of brown sugar
• 2 tbsp of corn syrup
• ⅓ cup of plain flour
• ¼ cup of glace cherries
• ¾ cup of slivered almonds
• ⅓ cup of chopped pistachios
• 1 cup of Cadbury Bournville chocolate (chopped)
• 4 tbsp of orange zest

Instructions:

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

Flour Kurabiye from Turkey

Ingredients:

• ⅔ cup of softened butter
• ¾ cup of sugar
• 2 cups of refined flour
• 1 tsp of vanilla extract
• 1 tsp of baking sugar
• A cup of powdered sugar

Instructions:

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