The store has a large selection of various delicacies, but homemade cakes are still relevant. For example, making shortbread cookies requires a minimum of culinary skills and time, and the result is the most delicate biscuits that melt in your mouth.
It is necessary
- 100 g butter;
- 200 g flour;
- 2 tbsp. tablespoons of sugar;
- 2 tbsp. spoons of cold water;
- 1 yolk;
- a handful of hazelnuts;
- a handful of confectionery chocolate.
Instructions
Step 1
When making delicious homemade cookies, start by lightly roasting the nuts. Five minutes will be enough. Move the fried nuts to the side and make the dough.
Step 2
Keep the container in which you will start the dough, a knife and a cutting board in the refrigerator - all items should be cold. Take frozen butter, chop it with a knife, add flour and sugar. Sugar is not enough, because there will still be chocolate. Knead all this, you should get an oil-flour crumb.
Step 3
Separate the yolk from the protein. Protein makes the dough coarse, so you don't need it. Beat the yolk into the dough, add cold, ice water. Gather the dough into a ball. Make a depression in it and add nuts there, knead the dough. Then add the chocolate pieces and knead well again.
Step 4
Roll the dough into a log, cut into equal pieces and give them a round shape. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, place the cookies at some distance from each other in case they increase in volume. And it will definitely increase!
Step 5
Shortbread cookies are quick to cook. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees, bake for 10-15 minutes. Place on a serving dish and sprinkle with powdered sugar through a sieve. The recipe is simple, but the taste is absolutely amazing. By the way, it can be cooked without nuts or without chocolate, the cookies will still turn out to be interesting.
