Shortbread cookies are considered one of the easiest homemade desserts. It has excellent palatability and consists of available ingredients. But the high calorie content of shortbread cookies imposes certain restrictions on the use of this delicious treat.
Diet option
The recipe described below will be a real find for the sweet tooth who are actively fighting the extra pounds. A baked dessert is good because its use does not affect the figure. The whole secret lies in the fact that in its composition there is no wheat flour. To cook shortbread cookies, the calorie content of which is significantly reduced due to the use of a small amount of fat, you will need:
- One hundred and fifty grams of good margarine.
- A tablespoon of sugar.
- Four glasses of rye flour.
- A quarter cup of milk.
- A pair of eggs.
- Two and a half grams of baking powder.
For taste, you can add nuts or raisins to the dough, but then it will no longer be diet shortbread cookies. The calorie content of such a dessert will be much higher.
Process description
In one bowl, softened margarine, eggs and sugar are combined. All thoroughly triturated until smooth. Warm milk is poured into the resulting mass. There is one caveat. To reduce the calorie content of shortbread cookies, you need to use milk and margarine with a low fat content.
Pre-sifted rye flour and baking powder are poured into a practically finished dough. All thoroughly knead and clean in the refrigerator. After half an hour, the resulting dough is rolled into a not too thin layer and figures are cut out of it. Such biscuits (shortbread) are baked, the calorie content per 100 grams of which is 350-380 kcal, at one hundred and eighty degrees. As a rule, the time spent in the oven does not exceed twenty minutes. After that, it is removed from the oven and slightly cooled. This dessert is usually served with tea, but it can be eaten with cold milk.
Chocolate Option
According to this recipe, a very tasty, crumbly shortbread cookie is obtained. The calorie content of this dessert is relatively high, so you can not regale it too often. To prepare a delicate dough with a delicate oil aroma, you will need:
- Half a glass of powdered sugar.
- One hundred and fifty grams of butter.
- Yolks from two eggs.
- Half a bar of milk and white chocolate.
- One and a half cups of flour.
From this simple set of ingredients, you can make incredibly delicious shortbread cookies very quickly. The calorie content of this dessert is significantly reduced if you do not add chocolate to it. But without this ingredient, the taste of the cookies will be completely different.
Sequencing
Butter is warmed to room temperature. To do this, it is removed from the refrigerator in advance and left on the table. When it is sufficiently softened, you can start preparing the dough.
In one bowl, butter, egg yolks and powdered sugar are combined. All thoroughly triturated until smooth. Sifted flour is poured into the resulting mass and thoroughly kneaded. The finished dough is placed on parchment paper, flatten with palms and rolled out with a rolling pin, trying to form a rectangle from it. The resulting layer is cut into strips or squares, together with the paper, transferred to a baking sheet and sent to the oven.
Shortbread biscuits are baked, the calorie content of 100 grams of which is 477 kcal, at two hundred degrees. Ten minutes are enough for it to brown. Hot cookies sprinkled with grated milk chocolate. Gently smear it over the entire surface of the product. Sprinkle everything on top with a layer of grated white chocolate and draw lines with a regular toothpick. In this case, you need to try to portray an imitation of marble ornament.
Then the dessert is left until the chocolate solidifies. As a rule, this process takes about ten hours. If necessary, it can be accelerated by placing baked goods on the shelf of the refrigerator. But it is advisable to resort to such measures only in exceptional cases, since cooled cookies lose some of their taste. Also, if desired, you can reduce the energy value of the finished dessert. To do this, its surface does not need to be greased with chocolate. But without it, it would not be that dessert.