Cottage cheese is one of the most popular dairy products, which is high in protein and beneficial minerals. The inclusion of curd dishes in the diet helps to strengthen bone tissue, heart muscle and the nervous system, normalizes biliary function, and protects the liver from obesity. Due to its easy digestibility, cottage cheese is recommended to be included in the menu of children and the elderly.
Cookie recipe "For the soul"
These are simple, but very tasty cottage cheese cookies, which are suitable for the everyday table and for a celebration. To prepare it, you need to take:
- 1 glass of wheat flour;
- 200 g of cottage cheese;
- 120 g butter;
- 120 g granulated sugar;
- 2 egg yolks;
- zest of 1 lemon;
- 1 tsp baking powder;
- 1 bag of coconut flakes;
- 100 g of honey.
Chop the softened butter and flour with a knife. Wipe the curd through a sieve or metal colander. Add granulated sugar, cottage cheese, egg yolks, finely grated lemon zest, baking powder to the flour mixture and knead a tough dough from all components. Roll it into a bun and let stand for 10-15 minutes at room temperature.
Then roll the dough into a 1 centimeter thick layer and cut the cookies with curly molds. Place the prepared food on a greased baking sheet and bake in the preheated oven at 170 ° C for 25 minutes. Then cool the cookies and transfer to a dish. Brush each with honey and sprinkle with coconut.
Recipe for fragrant cheesecakes
Perhaps the most famous pastry with cottage cheese is the cheesecake. There are many recipes for this popular dessert. To make fragrant cheesecakes with vanilla cream, you will need:
- 300 g flour;
- 180 ml of milk;
- 150 g of cottage cheese;
- 1 egg;
- 100 g of granulated sugar;
- 2 bags of vanilla sugar;
- 3 tsp baking powder for dough;
- ½ a bag of vanilla pudding;
- 9 halves of canned apricots;
- 1 yolk;
- icing sugar.
Rub the cottage cheese through a sieve and mix with butter, egg, 50 grams of granulated sugar and vanilla. Mix flour with baking powder, add to the curd mass and knead the dough.
Dissolve the vanilla pudding mixture and the remaining granulated sugar in 4 tablespoons of milk. Then combine with the remaining milk and, stirring occasionally, bring to a boil. Then remove the vanilla cream from heat and cool.
Roll out the curd dough and cut into 9 squares. Cut each corner of the squares towards the center and bend the right halves of the corners. Line a baking sheet with baking paper and place the cheesecakes on it. Place vanilla cream in the middle of each and half a canned apricot. Brush the dough with beaten egg yolk and bake in the oven at 200 ° C for 15 minutes. Sprinkle the cooled cheesecakes with icing sugar.
