Shortbread cookies are a great option for family tea, especially if the time for making sweets is limited. There are many recipes, but the main thing is that the baked goods should be tender and melt in your mouth. You can make a classic version or add cottage cheese, jam, nuts, jam, sour cream, etc. to the dough.
Even a novice hostess can cope with the preparation of shortbread cookies on margarine, but you still need to know a few secrets. First, the food is taken out of the refrigerator in advance - it should be at room temperature. Secondly, the finished dough must be put in a cold place, because this determines how tender and crumbly the cookies will turn out. Thirdly, we must not forget about the quality of the products. The margarine must be of high quality and fresh, and the flour must be of the highest quality. Fourth, it is important not to overexpose baked goods in the oven, otherwise they will become very tough.
To make shortbread cookies on margarine you will need:
300 g flour;
3 eggs;
a pinch of baking soda;
vegetable oil;
250 g margarine;
150 g sugar.
If desired, you can add cinnamon, nuts, marmalade, cocoa, lemon zest, vanilla, ground ginger, cinnamon. These ingredients will make the biscuits taste unusual and delicious.
First, break the eggs into a deep bowl and beat them with a whisk, gradually pouring in the sugar, then put the margarine. It is important to remember that it should be at room temperature. The flour is sieved twice and added to a bowl along with soda, mixed to make an elastic dough, but very quickly and vigorously. You cannot knead the mass for a long time. It must be wrapped in plastic and sent to the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Then the dough is rolled out to form a 5 mm thick layer. Figures are cut out of it and put on a baking sheet with parchment. The cookies are placed in the oven and baked at 180 degrees for no longer than 15 minutes.
Margarine shortbread cookies are an ideal addition to tea, coffee, juice, milk, cocoa and other drinks. And if there is a lot of dough, it can be wrapped in plastic, put in the freezer and stored for 2 months.
