Shortbread cookies go well with tea and coffee, cocoa and juices. It is very simple to prepare this delicacy, it does not require any special culinary skills and at the same time it always turns out to be invariably tasty. There are many options for making shortbread cookies, here are some of them.
Shortbread cookies "For tea"
You will need:
- wheat flour - 2 glasses;
- sugar - 4 tbsp. spoons;
- egg yolks - 2 pcs.;
- butter or margarine - 200 g;
- vanillin - 1 pinch;
- icing sugar - 2 tbsp. spoons.
Mash the yolks with sugar, add softened butter or margarine, flour, vanillin to them. Divide the dough into small balls and roll them out on a flat, floured surface. Using cookie cutters, cut out the figurines and place them on a dry baking sheet. Bake the cookies in an oven preheated to 200 ° C for 15-20 minutes, until they acquire a golden hue. Sprinkle the finished cookies with powdered sugar, if desired, you can add a little vanillin to it.
"In a hurry" shortbread cookie
You will need:
- wheat flour - 300 g;
- sugar - 50 g;
- butter or margarine - 200 g;
- cognac - 1 tbsp. the spoon;
- baking soda - 1 tsp.
Mash the softened butter or margarine with sugar, pour cognac into the resulting mixture. Mix flour very thoroughly with baking soda. Knead the dough quickly. It will not be plastic, but rather dense. Sprinkle flour on your work surface. Separate small lumps from the dough, roll them out to about 1 cm thick, then cut out the cookies with cookie cutters. Line a baking sheet with paper and bake the cookies in an oven preheated to 220 ° C for 5-10 minutes.
Shortbread cookies in 5 minutes
You will need:
- wheat flour - 750 g;
- baking margarine - 100 g;
- sugar - 50 g;
- semolina - 50 g.
Combine flour, sugar and semolina in a deep dry bowl. With the resulting mixture, grind the softened margarine until a homogeneous mass is obtained and knead the tough dough. Make a ball out of the dough and roll it into a cake no thinner than 1 cm. Cover the baking sheet with paper and bake the layer at a temperature of 200-220 ° C in a preheated oven until golden brown. Cut the hot layer into pieces and cool.
Another option for baking these cookies is in the microwave. In this case, line a microwave-sized plate with paper and bake the cookies at maximum power for 3-5 minutes, depending on the thickness of the layer.
Shortbread cookies with nuts
You will need:
- wheat flour - 100 g;
- butter - 50 g;
- ground nuts - 50 g;
- sugar - 50 g;
- egg - 1 pc.;
- icing sugar - 2-3 tbsp. spoons;
- vanillin - 1 pinch.
Boil a hard boiled egg. For this recipe, you only need the yolk. Rub it through a sieve and rub thoroughly with sugar. Add flour, butter, nuts and knead the dough. Make small rolls of the dough and cut them in 2-3 places on one side to make "twigs" that look like deer antlers, and bend them slightly. Bake the "horns" in an oven preheated to 180 ° C for 15 minutes. Sprinkle the finished cookies with powdered sugar mixed with vanilla and cool.
