Recipe: Tasty Easy Chinsuko (Okinawan Shortbread Cookies)

Easy Chinsuko (Okinawan Shortbread Cookies). Easy Chinsuko (Okinawan Shortbread Cookies) I love chinsuko! If you use lard instead of vegetable oil, you'll have authentic chinsuko cookies. If you use lard instead of vegetable oil, you'll have authentic chinsuko cookies. Today , we are in the third day of our Mega blogging Marathon, titled- Bake around the world. Today I am taking you to Japan to taste the Chinsuko.

In a double boiler, melt shortening, add and dissolve sugar and remove from heat. Stir in flour until dough is thick and fully mixed. Sneaking in with a quick recipe post! You can have Easy Chinsuko (Okinawan Shortbread Cookies) using 3 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Easy Chinsuko (Okinawan Shortbread Cookies)

1. It's 70 grams of Cake flour.
2. Prepare 30 grams of Sugar.
3. Prepare 30 grams of Vegetable oil.

I absolutely love all kinds of shortbread, and when I saw this recipe for chinsuko (Okinawan salted shortbread) on Adam Liaw's Instagram, I had to have them and got straight into the kitchen! These biscuits look plain but are absolutely full of rich flavour. Chinsuko (shortbread cookies) Okinawa is not just home to savoury noodles — it also has tasty delights for the sweet tooth! Back in the day, only royal and noble families snacked on chinsuko during festivals and other celebrations.

Easy Chinsuko (Okinawan Shortbread Cookies) instructions

1. In a bowl, combine the vegetable oil and sugar, mix well..
2. Sift the flour into the bowl from Step 1, and fold in the batter..
3. Shape the batter into any shape you like, bake in the oven for 13 minutes at 170℃! And the cookies are done!!!.
4. "Salt Chinsuko" Add pinch of coarse salt to the ingredients..
5. Brown Sugar Chinsuko" Use brown sugar instead of white sugar!!!.
6. "Matcha Chinsuko" Add 1/2 teaspoon of matcha to the ingredients above!.
7. "Black Sesame Seeds Kinako Chinsuko" Use 50 g of cake flour and 20 g of black sesame seed kinako! The cookies will be very fragile just after baking, so be careful!.

But the taste is not what I. Chinsuko (shortbread cookies) Okinawa is not just home to savoury noodles — it also has tasty delights for the sweet tooth! Back in the day, only royal and noble families snacked on chinsuko during festivals and other celebrations. Chinsuko is a very famous souvenir to bring from Okinawa. They are oval-shaped cookies made with wheat flour, sugar, and lard.