Ube Crinkles 💜🇵🇭

Ube is a purple yam from the Philippines and it’s almost exclusively used in desserts. It has a beautiful, rich purple colour with a subtle and delicate flavour that’s reminiscent of vanilla and coconut overtones. Ube gives desserts a sweet, earthy and almost nutty flavour that you’ll keep missing once you try it!

Making Ube jam is a lengthy process and Ube, the root vegetable, itself, is a hard-find in Dublin, so for the purposes of this recipe, my mam kept it simple and used store-bought Ube jam from @asiamarketie but can also be found in ‘Pinoy’ — the Filipino shop tucked in Capel Street!

🕒 1 hour

👤 4–5 people (20–25 crinkles)

Ingredients

Wet ingredients ✨

All room temperature! ✨

• 2 large eggs

• 1 1/2 cups ube jam

• 1 cup butter

Dry ingredients

• 3 cups flour

• 2 tsp baking powder

• 1 cup brown sugar

• 1/2 tsp salt

• 1 tbsp ube extract – *optional* found in ‘Pinoy’ store

• 2 cups icing sugar

Method

1. In a large bowl, mix and evenly combine all wet ingredients.

2. Add dry ingredients and mix.

3. ✨ OPTIONAL: ✨ add a tbsp of ube extract for a stronger ube flavour and a more vibrant purple colour.

4. Refrigerate and allow the dough to chill for 1-2 hours to scoop and roll easily.

5. When dough is cooled, preheat oven to 180C.

6. Scoop 2 tbsp of dough, roll into a ball then generously coat roll in icing sugar.

7. Evenly line the crinkles in a baking sheet

8. Bake for 12-14 mins. ✨ Do NOT overbake ✨ The centre should still be a little soft which is the secret to a perfectly fudgy and chewy crinkle.

9. Allow to cool, serve and enjoy!