Egg-Free Turkish Cookies

Ingredients

• 250 grams vegetable margarine for baking, at room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla or about 7.5 grams
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup caster (fine) sugar
• a pinch of salt
• 1 cup cornstarch
• 450 grams flour or more as needed

Method

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3. Cream the butter with the fine sugar, vanilla, and a pinch of salt by hand
4. Add the oil, cornstarch, and baking powder and mix by hand until creamy
5. Gradually add the flour and mix until a cohesive dough forms
6. Divide the dough into two portions. Leave one as is, and add cocoa to the second and knead
7. Shape the dough into small balls
8. Combine every three vanilla balls with three cocoa balls, and roll the six balls together to form one large ball
9. Gently press each ball and space them on parchment-lined trays
10. Place the trays in a preheated oven at 160°C until the balls are baked and turn golden
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