Passionfruit & White Chocolate Cookies

Passionfruits are beautifully in season at the moment…and really taste of Australian summer to me.  We recently had a big gathering at our house for a BBQ and I wanted some summery cookies.  Digging through my recipe collection, I found a nice white chocolate chip cookie recipe and decided to add some passionfruit.  It worked a treat - people seemed to really enjoy these.  I decided to add a nice passionfruit glaze to the top of them…and they looked beautiful.

Ingredients:

For the cookies -

125 grams unsalted butter softened
1/3 cup powdered sugar
Passionfruit pulp from 2 large or 3 small fruits
1 cup plain flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup cornflour
100 grams white chocolate chips

For the glaze -

2/3 cup powdered sugar
Passionfruit pulp from 1 large fruit
Hot water (as needed only)

Method:

Oven should be preheated to 160C, and cookie trays should be lined with baking paper.

Mix (with an electric mixer) the butter and sugar until it is light and creamy.  Stir through the passionfruit pulp, then add the sifted dry ingredients.  Once mixed together, add the chocolate chips and mix well.

I use a cookie scooper to form my cookies, but you can roll small teaspoons full of dough and put on the prepared tray.  The cookies don't spread much at all.

Bake for 10 - 12 minutes or until golden, and then let them set on the tray for about five minutes to firm up.  Transfer to a wire rack, and cool.

Sift the 2/3 cup of powdered sugar in a a small bowl.  Stir in the passionfruit pulp and mix until smooth.  A bit of hot water might be needed to pull it together - you want a fairly thick drizzle.  Drizzle on top of each cookie and let set completely.

These make about 20 - 25 cookies, and they have a tendency to disappear immediately after being put out.