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Goro
Modern Viral Baking · New Wave

Goro

A delicate cardamom-and-cream wafer, pressed with a decorative iron into elegant rectangles.

1 hr 15 minAdvanced
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Cultural Context & History

Goro is among the most refined of the Christmas cookies — a rich, faintly cardamom wafer embossed by a patterned iron and trimmed into neat rectangles. A test of patience and heritage.

Ingredients

  • 150 g butter, softened714 kcal · 0 g protein · 78.6 g fat · 0 g carbs per 100 g
  • 150 g caster sugar399 kcal · 0 g protein · 0.3 g fat · 99.4 g carbs per 100 g
  • 1 egg513 kcal · 6.4 g protein · 28.8 g fat · 57.7 g carbs per 100 g
  • 100 g cream195 kcal · 3 g protein · 19.1 g fat · 3.7 g carbs per 100 g
  • 350 g plain flour
  • 1 tsp ground cardamom0 kcal · 0 g protein · 0 g fat · 0 g carbs per 100 g
  • 1/2 tsp cognac282 kcal · 3.2 g protein · 16.9 g fat · 29.8 g carbs per 100 g

Per-100 g values shown for ingredients verified against Nutrition data: USDA FoodData Central (snapshot 2026-09-11). Ingredients not yet verified show no nutrition line.

Recommended Tools

  • Goro ironPresses the fine pattern and delivers the crisp snap.
  • Rolling pinRolls the dough thin enough to take a sharp imprint.
  • Pastry wheelTrims the warm edges to clean, even rectangles.

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Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    Cream the butter and sugar until pale, then beat in the egg, cream and cognac. Work in the cardamom and flour to a soft dough, wrap, and chill overnight.

  2. 2

    Roll the chilled dough out thinly and cut into rectangles sized to the plates of your goro iron.

  3. 3

    Lay a rectangle into the hot iron and press it firmly shut, baking for 1.5 to 2 minutes until pale golden and set.

  4. 4

    Trim the edges while the cookie is still warm and pliable, then cool completely on a wire rack to crisp.

Chef's Tip

Trim each cookie the moment it leaves the iron — left to cool even a minute, goro turn glass-brittle and splinter rather than cut to a clean edge.

Chef's Tip

Keep the rolled dough cold between batches so it takes the pattern crisply instead of sticking to the plates.

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