Shortbread Recipes

Shortbread dough is one of the simplest and most delicious. To cook it, you don’t need to buy expensive, hard-to-find products or spend a long time at the stove. Also, shortbread dough does not require any rolling out - it can be smoothed out with your hands or a spoon. This means you won’t have to wash the kitchen table afterwards. This article will tell you how to prepare various delicacies from this dough.

Recipe for shortbread cookies with jam

Prepare shortbread dough   simple and fast. It's perfect for a quick treat. This type of cookie with jam is also called Viennese. It will require: flour, about half a kilo;

• butter or margarine 1 pack;
• a glass of granulated sugar or powder;
• a pair of eggs;
• baking powder;
• salt on the tip of a knife;
• jam, jam,
• jam for the filling. How to cook shortbread cookies with jam:

It is better to use butter when it is melted and soft. Some people find it more convenient to even melt it in the microwave.

1. Combine butter and flour and crumble into crumbs.
2. Beat the eggs, baking powder, salt and sugar. Mix well.
3. Divide the dough into 2 unequal parts. One of them is equal to approximately a third of the total volume. Wrap a small part in cellophane and place it in the freezer.
4. Divide the remaining dough evenly into the baking pan. You can smooth it out with your hands or a spoon. Can be rolled out on baking parchment.
5. Apply jam, marmalade or marmalade evenly onto the finished layer. Level it out.
6. There is no need to cover the edges of the dough with jam. It is better to lift them up a little so that the filling does not spread during baking.
7. Turn on the oven at 200 degrees and let it warm up.
9. Take out the reserved dough and grate it on a coarse grater. The resulting shavings will serve as a cookie decoration.
10. Place the baking sheet with the dough in the oven and bake for about 20-30 minutes, the exact time depends on the stove. The top layer should be slightly browned.
11. Cool the finished cookies completely and cut into pieces.

Shortbread cookies with cottage cheese

We bring to your attention a simple but very tasty recipe for cookies with cottage cheese and bananas or pears. Perfect as a children's treat, as the filling is with a natural sweetener. And you can put liquid honey in the dough instead of sugar.

To do this you need:

• flour 4 tbsp;
• oil or margarine 200 g;
• baking powder;
• baking powder;
• salt;
• sugar or liquid honey 100 g;
• ripe bananas 2 large pieces;
• homemade cottage cheese 300 g.

How to cook:

1. Knead the crumbly dough according to the recipe described just above.
2. Divide the dough into 2 unequal portions. Put the smaller one in the freezer.
3. Level the remaining dough onto a baking sheet.
4. Apply cottage cheese on top in an even layer.
5. Peel the bananas and cut into slices 1-1.3 cm thick.
6. Place the banana slices in an even layer on top of the curd.
7. Remove a smaller portion of the dough from the freezer and grate it using the large section of a grater, directly onto the bananas.
8. Place in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 40 minutes.
9. Have a nice one tea party!

You can also simply add cottage cheese to the dough. Roll out the finished product into a layer of medium thickness and cut out the livers using molds.

Shortbread cookies with chocolate

The undoubted advantage of this delicacy is the fact that it can be prepared with different fillings and fillings. This is a fairly versatile dessert that you won’t get tired of.

There are 2 options for preparing this delicacy:

1. For chocolate lovers. Contains cocoa.
2. For those who are indifferent to chocolate, but want some zest. By the way, this option cookie can be prepared with raisins, dried fruits or candied fruits.

With the first option everything is simple:

1. Add half a glass of cocoa when kneading the dough.
2. Then form balls from the resulting chocolate mass.
3. Place the cookies on a baking sheet, making sure to line it with baking parchment.
4. Flatten each cookie with a fork, leaving a pattern on top.
5. Place in the oven for 30 minutes at a temperature of 180-200 degrees.
6. Take a bar of any chocolate - milk, white or dark, to taste. Melt it in a water bath. Drizzle chocolate over finished cookies. You can simply draw stripes, or fill in on top. As you please.

And in the second, less chocolatey case, in addition to the standard set of products, you will also need ready-made chocolate drops. Replace them if desired candied fruits or pieces of dried fruit.

Prepare the dough as usual and add the filling at the end. Form balls, place in the mold and flatten with your hands. Place in a preheated oven.

Shortbread cookies without margarine

Of course shortbread dough   simple and fast. It's perfect for a quick treat. This type of cookie with jam is also called Viennese. It will require: Quite a decent blow to the figure. Which is definitely important for girls who are watching their weight and counting calories. But there is also a lower-calorie version of this delicacy, which diet lovers should definitely try.

You will need:

• 3 tbsp flour;
• baking powder;
• olive or sunflower oil 1 tbsp;
• a glass of sugar;
• vanillin 1 g;
• half a glass of liquid sour cream;
• soda or baking powder;
• vinegar a quarter teaspoon;
• powdered sugar for decoration - optional.

Manufacturing method:

1. Grind the flour with butter and salt.
2. In a clean bowl, beat the eggs with sugar.
3. Pour in sour cream, vanilla and baking powder. Stir well.
4. Combine products. If the dough seems liquid, add flour.
5. Using a rolling pin, form the dough into a sheet and use a glass or mold to cut out cookies.
6. Bake the products in a preheated oven.
7. The finished cookies look good decorated with powdered sugar.

Shortbread cookies with margarine

Sometimes you get tired of the classic form of baking and want something new. Try doing this delicacy.

1. Knead classic shortbread dough using butter or margarine.
2. Roll it out into a circle of medium thickness.
3. Divide the layer into 6-8 equal parts.
4. Roll each portion into a thin circle.
5. Cut the circles in half.
6. Place jam, jam or a piece of berry in syrup on each piece.
7. Roll the pieces into rolls. So that the wide part is inside the roll, and the tail remains outside.
8. Bake for 20-30 minutes at 200 degrees.