Even a child can make shortbread cookies. The recipes are very simple and don't take much time and effort. Cookie ingredients are almost always available in the kitchen.
What if you want to pamper yourself with something tasty, but there is nothing in the fridge? A shortbread cookie recipe will come to the rescue. For cooking, you need butter, flour and sugar. As a rule, they are always in the kitchen.
There are many options for making shortbread dough, but there are only one main secret. When baking, do not overexpose the biscuits. It may seem to us that it is not ready yet, because while hot it is very soft. But when cooled, the cookies will solidify and become a delicious melting dessert. If you overexpose the cookies, then when they cool down, they will be tough, although still very tasty.
The good thing about shortbread cookies is that they can be cut into any shape. There are several options for molds.
- A regular glass or cup.
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You can cut shapes from soda cans. Any shape can be bent from them.
Image - Purchased cookie cutters.
Recipe 1
This recipe is the simplest. The cookies will turn out to be thin, very sweet. The proportions can be changed depending on your taste, you can put less sugar.
We need:
- flour 300 g;
- butter 150 g;
- sugar 100 g
Preparation:
- Cut the cooled butter into small pieces.
- Grind with sugar.
- Add flour.
- Stir out a homogeneous smooth dough.
- Roll it into a ball and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- After the dough, roll out and cut the cookies.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 5-7 minutes.
The product according to this recipe is very similar in hardness to gingerbread. And it can also be decorated as you wish. There are a variety of store decorations or you can make icing yourself, it is also called icing:
- Beat the white of one egg at a low speed with a mixer. The goal is just to stir the protein, no foam is needed.
- Sift 150 g of icing sugar, mix.
- Pour in 1 tsp. lemon juice and stir.
- Now you can put the icing in a pastry bag and start decorating.
Recipe 2
This recipe will make the cookies more fluffy and softer.
We will need:
- egg 2 pieces;
- sugar 90 g;
- softened margarine or butter 150 g;
- flour 300 g;
- baking powder 1 tsp;
- salt 1 pinch.
Preparation:
- Beat eggs with sugar.
- Add margarine, stir.
- Sift flour and baking powder.
- Add salt and knead to a smooth dough.
- Roll out the dough and cut the cookies.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 10 minutes.
It happens that guests arrive without warning. try to surprise them and use this cookie to bake a homemade cake. To do this, you will need to bake 6-7 cakes of the desired size. Smear everything with a cream, for example, oil. Its preparation will take very little time. To do this, you will need to mix 180 g of softened butter, half a can of ordinary condensed milk and half a can of boiled condensed milk. Top with chocolate icing and garnish with berries and sweets. For the glaze, melt 200 g of chocolate in a water bath.
