Ghat cookies are an oriental sweet, which is often called kada or kyata. This is an Armenian delicacy with a unique taste. To many, this cookie resembles puff pastries or rolls with a sweet filling.
Dish feature
To make ghat cookies, you need a simple set of products that every housewife will find. Despite this, the delicacy is very tender, tasty and aromatic. During preparation, the gatu is cut into small pieces. It is because of this that they call it cookies.
As a filling, sugar, flour and butter, usually cream, are traditionally used. Vanilla is also added to this mixture. In Armenia, a natural spice is used to make such cookies. This makes the gata even more fragrant. Grated walnuts are often added to the filling. However, there are other options for baking. Some recipes allow the use of sweet jam, fresh fruits and berries, as well as cottage cheese and boiled condensed milk as a filling.
Ghat cookies: recipe with photo
To prepare a delicious treat, you will need:
- Butter - 250 g.
- Flour - about 3.5 tbsp.
- Kefir - 0.75 st.
- Sugar - 0.5 tbsp.
- Egg - 1 pc.
- Chicken egg yolk for lubrication - 1 pc.
- Vanilla Sugar - 2 small spoons.
- Baking powder - 0.5 tsp.
- Salt - 1 pinch.
How to knead the dough and make the filling
How to prepare ghat cookies correctly? The recipe for goodies is very simple, and any housewife can master it. For starters, it is recommended to knead the dough. Pour 2.5 cups of flour into a blender bowl, add salt, about 125 grams of chopped butter and baking powder. Products need to be mixed. The result should be a crumb. If necessary, mix food by hand.
In an oily-flour mixture, pour kefir and drive 1 egg. Of the components you need to knead a fairly steep dough. In conclusion, it should be wrapped in plastic wrap and placed in the refrigerator for half an hour.
While the dough is cooling, you can prepare the filling. The remaining butter should be melted in a water bath. Then it should be mixed with a glass of wheat flour, sugar and vanilla sugar. Products need to be mixed well. The result should be a homogeneous and soft mass. Too thick filling should not be done. Otherwise, it will be difficult to smudge.
How to bake
How are ghat cookies baked? A photo of the finished goodies is presented above. To get the same baked goods, it is worth observing some rules. Roll out only chilled dough. It should be divided into two parts before starting work. Halves must be rolled into a layer. Its thickness should be from 3 to 4 millimeters. The filling should also be divided into two parts. It must be smudged according to the rolled dough, without leaving any free space. After that, each layer must be rolled up.
In a separate container, beat the yolk from one egg. The resulting mass must be lubricated rolls. After this, the gatu should be cut into 8 parts. Cookies must be placed on a baking sheet, and then put it in a preheated oven. Such a treat is baked at a temperature of 175 ° C for 25 minutes. As a result, the cookie should be covered with a golden brown.
Ghat cookies ready. It should be stored in a tightly closed bag or container. Otherwise, the treat will dry out.
Gata with walnuts
To prepare a treat, you will need:
- 400 g sour cream.
- 6 tbsp. wheat flour.
- 200 g creamy margarine.
- 2 tbsp. Sahara.
- Vanillin.
- 1 teaspoon of soda.
- 200 g butter, preferably from natural cream.
- Chopped walnuts.
- 1 egg
Cooking steps
How to make such cookies? Armenian gata with walnuts is cooked on sour cream. Flour should be divided into two parts. One half is required to prepare the dough. Margarine should be grated with large cells, and then mixed with flour. In the resulting mass, you need to make a small depression. It is necessary to pour sour cream, pour vanilla and soda. Everything needs to be mixed. The mixture should not stick to your hands. In this case, the mass should be elastic and soft. Ready dough should be placed in the cold for several hours.
To make the filling, you need to mix walnuts, vanillin, butter, sugar and flour in a separate container. The components must be mixed well to make the mixture homogeneous. If desired, sugar can be replaced with honey. You can also use pitted sweet jam. As for the walnuts, then they should be rubbed into crumbs.
How to bake cookies
The dough should be divided into four parts. One of them must be rolled into a layer, the thickness of which is 3 millimeters. It should be covered with a filling, and then rolled into a roll. In a separate container, it is worth driving one egg and separate the protein from the yolk. This is required for greasing baking. Beat the yolk thoroughly. The workpiece should be well lubricated with the resulting mass, and then cut into pieces. They can be made triangular or rectangular. This is optional. The same thing needs to be done with the rest of the test.
Cookies should be placed on a baking sheet and then placed in the oven. It is recommended to bake such a treat at a temperature not lower than 180 ° C. When the cookie is covered with a golden brown crust, you can remove it from the oven and cool. It is recommended to store finished baked goods in a hermetically sealed bag or in a plastic container. This will prevent the liver from deteriorating and drying out. Gatu can be served with tea or compote. Such a treat will appeal to both adults and children.