A classic shortcrust pastry recipe is usually based on good quality margarine or butter. But there is another excellent recipe that every housewife must have in her culinary piggy bank - shortcrust pastry on mayonnaise. Despite the fact that a regular mayonnaise is introduced into the dough, which is added to various snacks and salads, the dough turns out to be extremely tasty! It is great for baking a wide variety of desserts: cakes, cookies, buns and more. The only nuance that should be observed when preparing it is the same temperature of all ingredients: it should be room temperature. The dough can be used immediately for its intended purpose or prepared for future use and frozen.
How to make shortcrust pastry with mayonnaise?
In order to make a delicious tender dough, certain ingredients will be required. So let's get started. Take:
- 4.5 tbsp. flour;
- 250 g of oil;
- 2 large eggs;
- 200 g of sugar;
- 4 tbsp. l mayonnaise;
- 1 tsp soda;
- vanillin to taste.
Cooking technology
Place mayonnaise and eggs (everything must be at room temperature) in a bowl, add sugar and mix. Add quicklime soda and vanillin. Pour the flour in parts, constantly mix to get a homogeneous mass without lumps. Grate the oil or chop with a knife and put into the dough, then mix with a mixer. We spread the dough on a floured work surface, knead the elastic dough. Wrap it with a film and give a "rest" 30-40 minutes. After that, you can proceed to the formation of any culinary products.
Homemade cookie
Shortbread cookies made from dough on mayonnaise are crumbly, crunchy, very tender, with a pronounced cheese flavor. We offer a recipe for delicious shortbread homemade cookies from the guest on doorstep series. The advantages are that it is very quick and easy to prepare. For this cookie, we will slightly modify the basic recipe for the dough and take the following components:
- mayonnaise - 240 g;
- soda, salt to taste;
- flour - 1.5-2 tbsp .;
- processed cheese "Friendship" (you can have another) - 2 pcs.;
- milk (any fat content) - 0.5 tbsp.
Cooking secrets
Mix the flour with mayonnaise, it should turn out to be loose. Add soda, salt, milk to it and knead the dough. We roll the dough into a layer, rub one cheese on one half with a grater, and close the second half of the dough on top. And repeat the procedure. As a result, we should get 4 layers of dough and 2 cheese. Be sure to use this simple shortcrust pastry recipe! With the help of the molds, we cut the cookies of different shapes (you can use a glass) and put them on the baking sheet. Bake in the oven for about 7-15 minutes at 180 degrees.
Snack Sand Baskets
Today it is difficult to imagine a buffet without baskets. Very convenient for serving, they become a real decoration of any table. Shortcrust pastry baskets with berries and custard are a great dessert option. For serving, baskets made from shortcrust pastry for snack dishes are perfect. You can put any appetizer or your favorite salad in them. Products made from whole grain flour will delight guests who are following the figure. Snack baskets can be called an exceptionally convenient dish. With all the ingredients, they can be cooked easily and quickly. In addition, semi-finished products can be prepared in advance (they can be stored up to 12 days), and filled with snacks before guests arrive. Learn how to make warm snack baskets. To work, you will need:
- 90 g oils;
- 1 cup (± 2 tbsp. L.) Flour;
- 2 tbsp. l mayonnaise;
- 20 g dried yellow peas;
- 2 tbsp. l water;
- 1 egg
- salt.
For filling:
- 100 g mayonnaise;
- 50 g of cheese;
- egg;
- 20 g of vegetable oil;
- 1 onion.
How to cook
Knead shortbread dough on mayonnaise from all the ingredients intended for it. Cover with cling film and set aside (in the refrigerator) for 1 hour. Cut the onion into small cubes and pass in oil until soft, but do not brown, cool. Introduce a slightly beaten egg, grated cheese and mayonnaise into it.
Roll out the dough into a layer with a thickness of not more than 1 cm, put it into the prepared molds and cut off its excess around the edge. Pour a little peas at the bottom of the tins (to preserve the shape of the baskets) and bake at 220 degrees for 20 minutes. We remove the peas from the finished products, fill them with the filling and bake at 180 degrees until browning.
Shortbread cookies through a meat grinder ("Chrysanthemum")
Such pastries were quite popular in the days of the Soviet Union, and even now many housewives bake such cookies. Let's make shortcrust pastry with mayonnaise for cookies. Take:
- 200 g mayonnaise;
- 1/2 tsp baking powder;
- 2 chicken eggs;
- 200 g of butter (margarine);
- 4 tbsp. flour;
- 200 g of sugar;
- 1 tsp vanillin.
Step by step recipe
- Grind butter and flour to a crumb state.
- Add mayonnaise, sugar, eggs, vanillin, baking powder and knead a soft, elastic dough.
- We select a nozzle for a meat grinder, we take out a knife from it, we insert a nozzle and we collect.
- Prepare a baking sheet in advance, which we cover with baking paper.
- Scroll the dough pieces through a meat grinder and cut off the pieces that will come out of it, the length we need.
- Put the resulting cookies on a baking sheet. Products can be laid out in any shape: stripes, zigzags or curl a ring.
- Bake for 20 minutes at a temperature of 190 degrees until golden brown.
- Finished products, if desired, can be sprinkled with powder.
Walnut shortbread cookies
Surely every mistress will find her own signature recipe for delicious cookies. Shortcrust pastry with mayonnaise is a quick, incredibly light, tasty treat. Furthermore, the complexity of cooking is zero, and the costs are minimal. Roasted nuts, of course, can be added to the liver, which can be put in the dough or sprinkled on top of them. Take the following products:
- 100 g margarine (cl. Oil);
- 2 eggs;
- 1 tbsp. Sahara;
- 400 g flour;
- 1 tbsp. walnuts;
- 150 g of mayonnaise.
Combine the eggs and sugar (leave a couple of spoons on the powder), beat. In a separate container, dissolve the margarine and combine with the egg-sugar mixture, add the mayonnaise (if desired, chopped nuts can be added at this stage), add flour and knead a soft, soft dough. We process nuts in a blender, but not in too small crumbs. Combine them with sugar. From the dough we form small balls and roll in sugar-nut powder. On a sheet covered with parchment paper, lay out the blanks and bake at 200 degrees for about 25 minutes. Please note: after the cookie cools, it becomes harder and crispier.
Grated pie
Let's make shortcrust pastry on mayonnaise for a pie called "grated". Surely it will become one of the favorite treats for home tea drinking. Baking is quite tasty, and also very easy to prepare. Required:
- 250 g of flour;
- 100 g of oil and sugar;
- 50 g mayonnaise;
- egg;
- salt to taste;
- jam.
Combine the flour with salt, add oil, mix. In a separate bowl, beat the egg, mayonnaise and sugar. We connect all the components together, if necessary, you can add flour. We remove the third part of the test in the refrigerator for half an hour. We sprinkle the baking dish with oil, put the dough on it, which we then pierce with a fork, grease it well with jam. We take out the remaining dough and grate it over the jam. Bake the cake at 180 degrees for about 40 minutes.