Shortbread dough is very popular with modern hostesses. Usually it is made from flour, granulated sugar, margarine or butter without the addition of baking powder. It turns out quite dense and does not stale for a long time. Plus, it combines well with any toppings, which is why it is used as the basis for baking shortcakes with fruits, berries, cottage cheese or jam. Recipes for such desserts will be discussed in today's article.
General recommendations
The basis for making shortcakes is crumbly dough made from eggs, flour, sugar, butter or high-quality margarine. Knead it in several different ways, the most popular of which is grinding by hand, using a mixer or chopping with a knife. To make the dough as it should, it must be kept in the cold and only then sent to the oven.
As fillers for such desserts most often use any fruit, cottage cheese, nuts, berries or thick jam. Some recipes include citrus zest, meringue, or sour cream.
With plums
This cake is prepared on the basis of friable dough covered with a layer of fruit. The presence of protein fudge, which does not allow the product to become excessively hard, gives it a special highlight. To bake a homemade plum shortbread cake, you will need:
- 3 cups premium white flour.
- 200 g of milk margarine.
- A whole glass of fine sugar.
- Squirrels of two eggs.
- ½ tsp quicklime soda.
- 500 g plums.
- Salt.
First of all, you need to knead the shortbread dough for the pie. To do this, in a deep bowl combine 2.5 cups of pre-sifted flour and chilled margarine chips. All this is well rubbed with your hands. The resulting flour, pour the remaining flour, soda and a pinch of salt. The bulk of the crumbly dough is distributed along the bottom of a baking sheet lined with a sheet of parchment. Halves of plums are laid on top and covered with proteins whipped with sugar. All this is sprinkled with crumbs and put in the oven. Bake dessert for about forty minutes at 200 degrees.
With nuts and apples
This recipe for shortbread cake will not go unnoticed by lovers of friable, moderately sweet pastries with fruit filling. To repeat it at home, you will need:
- 200 g of chilled oil.
- 100 g of fine sugar.
- About 3 glasses of baking flour.
- 2 selected eggs.
- 1 tbsp. l baking powder.
- A pinch of kitchen salt.
All this is needed to knead the shortcrust pastry for the pie. To make a tasty and fragrant filling, you will need:
- A glass of peeled walnuts.
- 3 medium-sized apples.
- ½ cup brown sugar.
- ½ chicken egg (for lubrication).
Flour is combined with sugar, salt and baking powder. Pieces of cold oil are added to the resulting mixture and rubbed all this thoroughly with your hands. Eggs are driven into the resulting crumbs, the soft dough is kneaded and put on the shelf of the refrigerator. Not earlier than sixty minutes, most of the elastic mass is distributed on the bottom of the oiled form. Grated apples are spread evenly on top and sprinkled with sweet sand and chopped nuts. From the remaining dough, the flagella is rolled out and decorated with a future pie. The top of the product is greased with a slightly beaten egg. Bake it for about thirty-five minutes at 190 degrees.
With lemon
The following shortcake recipe will probably fall into the collection of true citrus lovers. The dessert prepared according to it has a pleasant sweet and sour taste and a light lemon aroma. To treat your family with such pastries, you will need:
- 300 g premium white flour.
- 150 g cane sugar.
- 200 g of fresh sour cream.
- 150 g of softened butter.
- Yolks from three eggs.
- 1 tsp baking powder.
All these components should be part of the shortcrust pastry for the pie. To make a tasty, slightly sour filling, you will need:
- 100 g of crystalline sugar.
- 2 thin-skinned lemons.
Since the top of the product will be covered with meringue, you will have to additionally prepare another 50 grams of sweet sand and egg white.
It is advisable to start the process with the preparation of cakes. To do this, beat the yolks with sugar. The clarified mass is added with melted butter, sour cream and half of the citrus peel, removed from existing lemons. At the final stage, all this is thoroughly kneaded with flour. Part of the resulting dough is laid out on a baking sheet, carefully leveled and baked for about twenty minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees. In the same way do with the remains of flour mass. Each of the browned layers is cut in half and coated with a filling made from lemons, sugar and citrus peel crushed in a blender. Then the cakes are laid on top of each other and decorated with meringues made from egg white and sweet sand. Almost finished lemon shortcake is sent to the oven and baked for about fifteen minutes at the same temperature. Immediately before serving, it is completely cooled and only then cut into portions.
With apples
This delicious and easy-to-prepare dessert is an extremely successful combination of friable sand base and juicy fruit filling. To treat your family with such pastries, you will need:
- 300 g of apples.
- 200 g of peasant oil.
- 200 g of cane sugar.
- 1 tsp baking powder.
- 2 selected eggs.
- 250 g of baking flour.
Eggs are divided into proteins and yolks. The first is cleaned in the refrigerator, the second is whipped with half of the available sweet sand. Flour, butter and baking powder are added to the resulting mass. Everything is thoroughly kneaded by hand and divided into two unequal parts. A large piece is carefully distributed on the bottom of the oiled form and covered with grated fruit, combined with whipped cooled proteins and sugar residues. The top of a shortcake with apples is covered with shavings made from previously set aside dough. Bake the product for about forty minutes at medium temperature.
With cottage cheese and kefir
This delicate dessert is not only tasty, but also healthy. Even those who do not like cottage cheese will not be able to refuse it. To create it you will need:
- 250 g of white flour.
- 100 g of peasant oil.
- Selected Egg.
- 80 g of cane sugar.
- ½ tsp quicklime soda.
- A pinch of salt.
All of these ingredients are required to knead the shortcrust pastry for the pie. To make a soft curd filling, you will need:
- 100 ml of kefir.
- 400 g of fresh cottage cheese of medium fat content.
- 100 g of fine sugar.
- 2 selected eggs.
- 2 tbsp. l potato starch.
- A pinch of vanillin.
Preparing a sandy curd pie quickly and easily. The cold oil is grated and combined with flour, salt and soda. Eggs whipped with sweet sand are introduced into the resulting crumb. All intensively knead by hand and put on the shelf of the refrigerator. Not earlier than half an hour later, the dough is distributed on the bottom of a greased form and covered with a filler made from mashed cottage cheese, kefir, starch, sugar, vanillin and eggs. Bake dessert at standard temperature until cooked.
With cottage cheese, cocoa and raspberries
Using the technology described below, it is relatively quick and easy to make a delicious chocolate and berry shortcake. It has a very presentable appearance, which allows you to use it as a complement to friendly gatherings over a cup of fragrant tea. To treat your relatives and guests with such pastries, you will need:
- A glass of premium wheat flour.
- 150 g of peasant oil.
- 1 tbsp. l cocoa (in powder).
- 2 selected eggs.
- 150 g of crystalline sugar.
- A bar of dark chocolate.
- ½ tsp quicklime soda.
All this will be needed to prepare the basis for the future dessert. To make a filling for a shortcake with cottage cheese, you will need:
- 100 g cane sugar.
- 250 g of granular cottage cheese.
- 100 g of fresh raspberries.
- 1 tbsp. l potato starch.
- 2 selected eggs.
The oil is melted in a water bath and combined with sweet sand. Beat eggs, cocoa and melted chocolate are introduced into the resulting mass. All this is intensively mixed with flour and distributed over the bottom of a greased form. A filler made of cottage cheese, sugar, starch and eggs is laid on top. Almost finished product is decorated with raspberries and baked for 45 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees.
With cottage cheese and blueberries
This shortcake, a photo of which can be seen a little lower, is made from inexpensive and readily available ingredients. But, despite the relatively primitive composition, it turns out to be extremely tasty and beautiful. Therefore, it is not a shame to serve it to unexpectedly arrived guests. To bake such a dessert, you will need:
- 300 g of high-grade wheat flour.
- 100 g of peasant oil.
- 100 g cane sugar.
- 10 g of baking powder.
- 2 selected eggs.
- A pinch of kitchen salt.
To prepare a fragrant filling for a shortbread cake with berries, the above list will have to be supplemented. They enter into it:
- 300 g of fresh blueberries.
- 300 g of not too fat cottage cheese.
- 150 g of fine sugar.
- 150 g of thick sour cream.
- Selected Egg.
- 2 tbsp. l potato starch.
Soft butter is combined with beaten eggs, sugar, salt and baking powder. The resulting mass is thoroughly mixed with flour and distributed on the bottom of the greased form. Top with a neat layer spread the filling made from mashed cottage cheese, eggs, sour cream, sugar, starch and blueberries. Bake a dessert for about fifty-five minutes at 180 degrees. Before serving, it is completely cooled, otherwise it will not be cut.
With raspberry jam and semolina
In this shortbread cake, the fragile friable base and delicate soft filling are perfectly combined. To bake it you will need:
- 200 g premium wheat flour.
- 200 g of fine sugar.
- 200 g unsalted butter.
- 3 selected eggs.
- 100 g dry semolina.
- 300 g raspberry jam.
- 2 tbsp. l any liquor.
- 1 tbsp. l starch.
Grind the flour with half the available oil and 100 g of sweet sand. A beaten egg is introduced into the resulting mass. All is thoroughly mixed, rolled out with a rolling pin, laid out in a greased form, pricked with a fork and sent to the refrigerator. Twenty minutes later, the cooled cake is smeared with jam with the addition of starch and covered with a filling made of semolina, two eggs, liquor, leftover butter and sweet sand. Bake dessert for about 45 minutes at 200 degrees.
With cherry jam and meringue
This delicious and fragrant dessert will be a good addition to family gatherings over a mug of hot herbal tea. It very well combines a thin base and a liquid filling. To bake homemade shortcake with jam, you will need:
- 2 cups premium wheat flour.
- 125 g of good creamy margarine.
- Selected Egg.
- Salt.
All of the above components are needed to knead the shortcrust pastry for the pie. The recipe for this dessert provides for the filling. Therefore, you will have to additionally stock:
- 500 ml of cherry jam.
- 4 squirrels.
- 150 g of fine sugar.
- 70 g peeled hazelnuts.
- Vanillin.
Flour is combined with salt and grated frosted margarine. All rub well with your hands, and then knead with an egg and clean for forty minutes in the refrigerator. At the end of the designated time, the dough is rolled out in a thin layer, placed in a greased form and pricked with a fork. A sheet of parchment is lined on top and peas are poured on it. Bake cake for fifteen minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees. Then the semi-finished base is greased with a thin layer of berry syrup and sprinkled with chopped hazelnuts. Meringue made from whipped protein, sugar, vanilla and cherry jam is evenly distributed on top. All this is sent to the oven and baked until lightly browned.
Grated jam pie
The recipe for this simple but very tasty dessert will often help out the busy housewives, whom the guests unexpectedly came to. To repeat it in your own kitchen, you will need:
- 3 cups premium baking flour.
- 200 g of good creamy margarine.
- A glass of crystalline sugar.
- 2 selected eggs.
- 300 g thick jam.
- A bag of vanillin.
- 1 tsp baking powder.
Melt margarine in a water bath, completely cool and combine with sugar. To the resulting mass add vanillin, beaten eggs, baking powder and flour. All are intensively kneaded with hands until a tough, uniform dough is formed. Then it is divided into two unequal parts. A smaller piece is put in the refrigerator. Most are placed in the freezer. After about twenty minutes, the chilled piece is gently distributed over the bottom of a greased form and covered with any thick jam. Frosted dough is rubbed on top. The resulting semi-finished product is sent to a preheated oven. A grated pie is prepared on a sand-based basis for about twenty minutes at 200 degrees.
With berries and sour cream filling
This delicious home-made cake is equally loved by both adults and small sweet tooth. It perfectly combines thin sand cake, fresh berries and sour cream fill. To bake such a dessert, you will need:
- 2 selected eggs.
- 130 g of good milk margarine.
- 2 cups premium white flour.
- 4 tbsp. l cane sugar.
- 1 tsp baking powder.
To make a sweet fill, you will have to additionally prepare:
- 250 g of fresh sour cream.
- Selected Egg.
- 2 tbsp. l premium white flour.
- 140 g of sugar.
- 300 g of any fresh berries.
Beat eggs with sugar, and then mix with soft margarine, baking powder and flour. The resulting dough is sent to the refrigerator for a quarter of an hour. At the end of the designated time, it is distributed on the bottom of the lubricated form. Lay the berries on top and pour them with sauce made from eggs, sugar, sour cream and flour. Such a cake is baked for about 45 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees. Then it is completely cooled, carefully pulled out of the mold and cut into portions.
With cottage cheese and raisins
This interesting pie goes well with hot tea and warm fresh milk. Since cottage cheese and raisins are present in its composition, it turns out to be not only tasty, but also surprisingly useful. To feed your homemade fragrant pastries, you will need:
- 3 cups premium baking flour.
- 250 g of good margarine.
- A whole cup of sugar.
- 1 tsp soda.
To prepare the filling, you will have to add the following to the list of products:
- 500 g of fresh cottage cheese.
- 3 selected eggs.
- 100 g of raisins.
- A whole cup of sugar.
- 1 tsp vanilla syrup.
Margarine is ground with flour, and then mixed with sugar and soda. All this is briefly cleaned in the refrigerator. After some time, most of the dough is scattered on the surface of a greased baking sheet. Top with a neat layer distribute the filling made from mashed cottage cheese, eggs, sugar, vanilla syrup and raisins. All this is covered with the remaining crumbs and baked for about fifty minutes at a moderate temperature.