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Chinsuko

A Japanese style shortbread cookie

Course Dessert
Cuisine Japanese
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 12 cookies

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup Whole wheat flour
  • 1/4 cup Unrefined Cane sugar
  • 1/8 cup Oil
  • A tablespoon Sea salt flakes

Instructions

  1. In a bowl mix together oil and sugar

  2. Add the flour and being together a soft dough. If it is too crumbly add a little oil. If it is too sticky, add a little flour.

  3. Roll out the dough between sheets of parchment paper and cut rectangles with a knife / crinkled cookie cutter

  4. Place the cookies on a baking tray lined with parchment paper.

  5. Sprinkle a little sea salt over the cookies and press gently.

  6. Bake in a pre heated oven at 180 degrees for 10 minutes [The time will depend on teh size and thickness of the cookies].Or bake till the edges turn brown

  7. Let the cookies remain on the tray for 10 minutes and then transfer them onto a cooling rack

  8. Serve / store in air tight container when completely cool.