Shortbread cookies are a well-known delicacy that adults and children love. This cookie is a godsend, both for ordinary tea and for the holiday table. The dessert has a pleasant texture, when biting it gently crumbles (hence the name "shortbread") and melts in your mouth.
Often, modern housewives because of the tight schedule, fast pace of life, buy cookies in the store. And they are also often disappointed, because the store cookies do not always meet our expectations and requirements.
Cooking homemade shortbread cookies on margarine is not as difficult and time-consuming for products as it seems at first glance. Preparing the dough quickly, the recipe of cooking is under the power of every novice
Sand dough is also widely used in the preparation of not only sweet, but also salty foods, such as tartlets and pies.
Recipe for Homemade Shortbread Cookies on Margarine
For shortbread dough on margarine you will need:
- flour - 2 glasses;
- sugar - 0.5 cups;
- cream or milk margarine - 125 g (small pack);
- egg yolks - 2 pcs .;
- vanilla sugar (or vanilla) - 6 g;
- Soda - at the tip of the knife.
Cooking time (without the "rest" of the dough) - 30-40 minutes.
Calories per 100 g - 375 kcal.
Put the yolks in a bowl, pour sugar into them, mix the yolks with a sugar mixer or fork, it is desirable to dissolve the sugar, bring the mass to a fluffy foam is optional.
On the table or dostochka chop with a knife into small pieces of margarine. Add to the margarine yolks with sugar, a glass of flour, mix thoroughly. Next, add a second cup of flour, soda, vanilla sugar or vanilla, knead the dough.
It should be well molded. Ready dough does not stick to hands and needs rest. To do this, wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 40-60 minutes.
Rested dough roll out with a rolling pin 4-5 mm wide. Cut out the forms of the layers. The resulting figures are laid out on a baking sheet, covered with parchment and baked in a preheated oven at 180 ° C for about 12-15 minutes.
Forms for cutting dough can be different (for example: animals, figures, plants), but if there are none, you can use a regular glass or glass.
Sandy shortbread biscuits can be powdered with powdered sugar or cocoa, served with tea, coffee, and children love dessert with milk.
Tips:
- To make shortbread dough, margarine should be held at room temperature for several hours, then sent back to the refrigerator and removed from the refrigerator half an hour before making the dough. This needs to be done in order for the dough to turn out crumbly and tender;
- yolks are best used at room temperature;
- no need to knead the dough for a long time so that the dessert doesn't get clogged.
Minute shortbread with jam
The guests are already on the doorstep, and there is no time to mess with the baking? This recipe will help to pamper guests and relatives with amazing homemade cookies on margarine with jam, which does not take much time and money!
Ingredients:
- flour - 450-500 g;
- cream or milk margarine - 250 g;
- sour cream - 250 g;
- jam - 300-400 g;
- vanilla sugar or vanilla - 6 g;
- powdered sugar (for filing).
Preparation time (without the "rest" of the dough) - 40-50 minutes.
Calories per 100 g - 470 kcal.
In a deep bowl lay out the margarine and sour cream, beat them with a mixer until smooth.
Then we pour flour and vanilla sugar in small portions. Knead the dough. Wrap in cling film, put in the fridge for 50-60 minutes.
On a floured surface, roll out the dough 5-6 mm wide. Cut it into squares.
Place one teaspoon of jam in the center of each square, fold the dough into a straw (or connect opposite corners of the squares with an envelope) on a baking tray covered with parchment. So we do with all the squares. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 ° C for about 15 - 20 minutes.
Sprinkle the ready-made cookies with icing sugar. Cookies turn out not cloying and savory, due to unsweetened dough and fruit jam.
You can use jams, jam, jam, berries.
Tips:
- the filling for cookies should not be liquid, spread;
- margarine and sour cream for the dough should be at room temperature.
Shortbread "Kurabie"
Dessert with an unusual name came to us from Eastern countries. “Kurabie” from Arabic means “sweetness”. Once this cookie was prepared by the Sultan, not having on hand any special products. This sultan liked this dessert and quickly spread around, and eventually it came to us.
Ingredients:
- flour - 350 g;
- margarine - 200 g;
- egg white - 1 pc (if the egg is small, then 2 pcs);
- powdered sugar - 80 g;
- jam - 3 tbsp .;
- vanilla sugar - 6 g
Cooking time - 30 minutes.
Calories per 100 g - 515 kcal.
Homemade shortbread cookies on margarine "Kurabie" is prepared quite simply. It is necessary to mix margarine and powdered sugar with a mixer until a uniform consistency, add protein, mix thoroughly. To the resulting mass gradually introduce the flour and vanilla sugar. Knead the dough. It should not be too hard.
Send the dough to a pastry bag with an asterisk. On a baking sheet, covered with parchment, to form cookies. In the center of each "kurabie" put a spoonful of jam.
Bake in a preheated oven at 200 ° C for about 10 minutes.
Tips:
- do not knead the dough for a long time, because it should be squeezed out smoothly from the pastry bag;
- margarine should be soft, room temperature.
This dessert will allow you to experience the fineness of the East with a cup of aromatic coffee or tea!
Shortbread desserts are distinguished by their unique taste, which they want to share with friends and relatives. When making homemade shortbread on margarine, you can adjust the addition of sugar, jam, be sure of the freshness and quality of the product.
Such cookies can be safely given to children who simply adore him! And how pleasant it is for the hostess to watch the happy smiles of her relatives, who feast on the prepared dessert!
And another simple recipe for shortbread cookies is in the next video.
