Snail cookies are a popular treat for the daily menu. It is very easy to cook, and the recipe contains neither rare nor expensive ingredients. And you don’t have to be wise with the design, it already turns out pretty pretty. The taste in which vanilla freshness and chocolate are organically intertwined is also important.
Essential Products
Shortcake "Snail" is prepared from this set of ingredients:
- margarine - a pack (200 g);
- eggs - 2 pcs.;
- granulated sugar - a glass;
- flour - 0.4 kg;
- slaked soda;
- salt - a pinch;
- vanilla sugar - 1 tbsp. l .;
- cocoa - 3 tbsp. l
If for some reason you do not use margarine, replace it with a spread or butter. This will not affect the proportions.
Cooking dough
- Beat pre-chilled eggs with sugar to make a light, homogeneous mass.
- Grind margarine with flour into crumbs. Add slaked soda. It will take about 0.5 tsp.
- Pour the egg mass into the crumb, mix thoroughly. Soon the dough will begin to form in a lump, which will easily be wrinkled by hands.
- Divide it in half.
Layer formation
Cookies "Snail" owes its name to the resemblance to a shell. To get beautiful spirals, half the dough must be dyed with cocoa in chocolate color. This is done as follows.
Form a cake from the dough, sprinkle it with cocoa powder and fold. Start kneading. Cocoa will quickly dissolve and combine with the dough thanks to margarine. Remember with your hands until the dough is completely dyed. In the second part, mix vanilla sugar in the same way.
Spread a piece of baking paper on the table, roll one part of the dough on it, trying to give it a rectangular shape. Do exactly the same with the second part. Transfer the light half to dark, remove the top paper, roll the roll, freeing itself from the lower layer. Wash it with your hands so that the layers fit snugly together.
Cut with a sharp knife into circles, lay on a baking sheet.
Baking
Snail cookies are cooking fast. Before you begin to form products, turn on the oven. She just has time to warm up to 180 ° C. Bake cookies for about 25 minutes.
Serving to the table
Before serving, snail cookies can be sprinkled with powdered sugar mixed with a little vanilla sugar. If you serve this delicacy to the festive table, you can pour it with chocolate icing and sprinkle with nut crumbs - this will decorate and reveal the taste even more.
This recipe is considered to be everyday, but it can also be useful for a festive feast as an addition to aromatic brewed coffee, hot chocolate, varietal tea. The combination of vanilla and chocolate makes this baking a harmonious addition to homemade warm alcohol: grog, mulled wine, punch. The “Snails” recipe can also help out when there is simply no time for a cake or pie or the product needed for a complex recipe was not at hand. In addition, sand "Snails" remain fresh for several days if stored in a tied bag or tightly closed container.
Unusual design ideas
Snail cookies, the recipe of which is simple and reliable, can be a great idea for a holiday or theme party. You can dye the dough not only with cocoa, but also with food-grade dyes on a fat-soluble basis. For example, green-purple or black-orange “Snails” can be a wonderful treat for Halloween. And at a party to mark the victory of your favorite team, you can bake such a treat in the colors of the club’s symbols.
A handful of pastry topping, on which you need to roll the roll before cutting, will make this dish even more elegant and festive.