Hey guys, it's Ro!
Happy Father's Day weekend!
I wanted to make a video to share a fun and easy Father's Day gift idea
because it's almost here!
My dad loves Star Wars
so I wanted to make something that looked like one of his favorite characters, Yoda.
So, today, I'm gonna be making a peppermint shortbread Yoda cookie!
and then I'm gonna pipe on it, "Yoda Best Dad!"
(cheesy laughing)
He likes Star Wars and corny jokes so...
I think he's going to enjoy this.
Let's get started!
The things you'll need to make these Yoda cookies will be:
1/4 cup of cream, 3/4 cup of room temperature butter, 2 and 1/4 cup of all-purpose flour,
3/4 cup of sugar, 2 eggs (we're only gonna be using the yolks), 1/4 cup of corn starch,
1/2 tsp of salt, 2 teaspoons of peppermint extract, 1/2 tsp of electric green food coloring,
a Yoda cookie cutter, and white, black, and brown royal icing in piping bags fitted with a no 1 tip.
First step to making these cookies: mix together your wet ingredients into a large measuring cup.
This will make it a little bit easier to pour.
Add your cream, two eggs (remember, we're just using the yolks), peppermint extract,
and a little bit of green food coloring.
Then, whisk together until well-combined and set off to the side.
Now, in a large bowl, mix together your dry ingredients: sugar, flour, corn starch, and salt.
Then, mix together until well-combined. Usually I use a whisk, but today, I'm gonna be using an electric hand mixer.
Once mixed, add your butter. Then, combine using your hand mixer until it's nice and crumbly, kind of like a pie crust.
Once the mixture is crumby, add in our green mixture and mix together once again until well-combined.
Then it's time to use your hands!
Press the dough together.
This just smells like a big ball of mint!
I'm also eyeballing it, separating the dough into halves.
Wrap each dough disk in a food-safe plastic and toss it in the refrigerator to chill for about an hour.
Once your dough has chilled, it's time for a little baking flair.
If you're not familiar, I like to do baking flair, kind of like bartender flair.
Uh-oh
(laughs)
(dough smacks)
We landed it, but that was so loud!
Holy smokes!
Sprinkle a little flour on your work surface so that the dough doesn't stick.
Sprinkle a little on top, little on the rolling pin.
Roll out your dough a little thicker than a 1/4 inch.
Our dough is rolled out and over here, I have a spring-loaded cookie cutter.
I absolutely love these cookie cutters because they cut out the shape and little grooves and details within the cookie.
Place it on top of the dough, press all the way down.
Then, spring!
Look how cute that is!
Over here, I have a cookie baking sheet lined with a piece of parchment paper so the cookies don't stick.
Now, continue to do this for the rest of your cookies.
Our cookies are cut out and ready to bake.
Heat your oven to 350 degrees and bake for 8 minutes.
Once your cookies have baked and had plenty of time to cool,
time for my favorite part.
It's time to decorate!
Over here, I have white, brown, black royal icing
in piping bags with no 1 tips for a little bit more control.
And, as you can see, the cookies kept all of that detail
You could serve these right now.
They're really cute, but if you're gonna take it one step further with decoration like I am today,
you have all these lines as a guide and you can fill it in,
just like you would color a coloring book.
I'm starting with the white royal icing and filling in the eyeballs.
Then, brown royal icing and pipe a little circle in the middle.
Then, Yoda needs some pupils.
And once the eyeballs are piped, give it about 10 minutes for the icing to set and dry,
Our Yoda cookies are starting to look like they have some personality.
The final decoration step is adding a little reflection on the eyeball.
TA-DA!
Here are the Yoda cookies that we made today
using a peppermint shortbread recipe.
I'll be taking lots of pictures and posting the recipe on
RosannaPansino.com, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter
so you can check it out there and if you guys make these cookies,
please take a picture and send it to me.
I love seeing your baking creations!
It just makes me happy! It makes my day!
I just place a few of the cookies on a plate and piped with the royal icing, "Yoda best dad!"
(cheesy laughing)
I hope you guys enjoyed this gift idea and this video
and have a happy Father's Day!
Dad! Come on in here! I have a gift.
Let's taste these.
(simultaneously mmm-ing)
Dad: Reminds me of a joke.
(Ro laughing)
Ro: You got a Yoda joke for me?
Dad: I do. Why is Yoda a great gardener?
Ro: Why?
Dad: 'Cause he has a green thumb.
(Ro laughing)
Ro: Do you got another one?
Dad: Mm-hmm. Why did Yoda cross the road?
Ro: Why?
Dad: To get over to the dark side.
(Ro laughing).
Ro: He wouldn't do that, but I get it!
The dark side does not have cookies.
They always say they have cookies, but they just say that. They don't actually have cookies.
Dad: Maybe they got Wookies.
(Both laughing)
Buh-bye!