Shortbread Recipes

Shortbread dough is one of the simplest and most delicious. To cook it, you do not need to buy expensive, hard-to-find foods or spend a long time at the stove. Shortbread dough also does not require rolling out - it can be flattened with your hands or with a spoon. This means that you don't have to wash the kitchen table afterwards. The article will tell you how to cook various goodies from this dough.

Jam shortbread recipe

To cook shortcrust pastry simple and fast. It is 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 powdered;
• a couple of eggs;
• baking powder;
• salt on the tip of a knife;
• jam, jam, jam For filling.

How to cook shortbread cookies with jam:

1. It is better to use butter melted and soft. It is even more convenient for someone to melt it in the microwave.
2. Combine butter with flour and crumb.
3. Crack eggs, baking powder, salt and sugar. Mix well.
4. Divide the dough into 2 unequal portions. One of them is equal to about a third of the total. Wrap a small part with cellophane and send to the freezer.
5. Spread the remaining dough evenly over the baking dish. Can be smoothed with hands or with a spoon. Can be rolled out on baking parchment.
6. Apply jam, jam or jam evenly to the finished layer. Flatten.
7. At the same time, you should not cover the edges of the dough with jam. It is better to raise them up a little so that the filling does not spread during baking.
8. Turn the oven 200 degrees, let it warm up.
9. Remove the deferred dough and grate it on a coarse grater. The resulting shavings will be a cookie decoration.
10. Place the baking sheet in the oven and bake for about 20-30 minutes, the exact time depends on the stove. The top layer should brown a little.
11. Cool the finished cookies completely and cut into pieces.

Shortbread with cottage cheese

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

For this you need:

• flour 4 tbsp.;
• butter or margarine 200 g;
• a couple of eggs;
• 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 on a baking sheet.
4. Apply cottage cheese on top with an even layer.
5. Peel the bananas, cut into slices 1-1.3 cm thick.
6. Spread the banana mugs evenly over the curd.
7. Remove less of the dough from the freezer and rub on a coarse grater, directly over the bananas.
8. Place in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 40 minutes.
9. Have a nice tea drinking!

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 with foils.

Shortbread 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 will not get boring.

There are 2 options for preparing this delicacy:

1. For chocolate lovers. With cocoa in the composition.
2. For those who are indifferent to chocolate, but want some kind of zest. By the way, this option cookies can be cooked with raisins, dried fruits or candied fruits.

With the first option, everything is simple:

1. Add half a glass of cocoa while 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 to leave a pattern on top.
5. Put 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. Pour chocolate over the finished cookies. You can just draw stripes, you can pour on top. As your heart desires.

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

Prepare the dough in the usual way, add the filling at the end. Form the balls, put them in a mold and flatten with your hands. Send to preheated oven.

Shortbread without margarine

Sure, shortcrust pastry quite a decent blow to the figure. Which is certainly important for girls who monitor their weight and count calories. But there is also a less high-calorie version of this delicacy, which is definitely worth trying for diet lovers.

You will need:

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

Preparation method:

1. Rub the flour with butter and salt.
2. In a clean bowl, beat eggs and sugar.
3. Pour in sour cream, add vanillin and baking powder. Stir well.
4. Combine foods. If the dough seems runny, add flour.
5. Using a rolling pin, turn the dough into a layer and cut out the cookies with a glass or mold.
6. Bake items in a preheated oven.
7. Ready-made livers look good decorated with powdered sugar.

Shortbread cookies on margarine

Sometimes the classic baking form gets bored and you want something new. Try to do this delicacy.

1. Knead classic shortcrust pastry using butter or margarine.
2. Roll it into a medium-thick circle.
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 slice.
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.