Curly cookies are most often baked for children or on a festive table. It turns out beautifully, elegantly and originally. Any child will want to try this delicious and elegant dessert. In the article you will find several recipes for curly cookies and useful tips from pastry chefs.
Shortbread Cookies: Figured
Children are very fond of something unusual. Therefore, they can make cookies with figures from shortcrust pastry. It turns out soft, slightly crumbly, sweet and very tasty. Just what the kids love.
To prepare shortbread cookies, take 220 g of soft butter and beat it with a blender with sugar (100 g) and a pinch of salt. Mix well until smooth. Then you can add 2 eggs and two teaspoons of vanillin or a bag of vanilla sugar, 0.5 tsp. soda, slaked vinegar.
When all of the above ingredients are mixed until smooth, add 450 g of sifted flour. Mix gently with a fork, not a blender - this way the dough turns out more tender and soft. Wrap it in cling film and let it rest for about 60 minutes.
While the dough is infused, select the necessary molds. If you make cookies for a child, then animals, Christmas trees, butterflies, etc. are suitable. For older children (4-6 years old), you can make cookies in the form of geometric shapes. It turns out not only a delicious dessert, but also educational.
When the dough is sufficiently rested, it is necessary to roll it. Do not forget that it will rise in the oven. So make it about 6 mm thick. Then create a form and send to the oven. Bake at 180 degrees for about 20 minutes.
So we got curly cookies. The photo below shows the variety of shapes that will appeal to your little ones.
Add cottage cheese to the short pastry
This dessert differs from the previous one both in taste and in structure. To make shortbread cookies with cottage cheese, softened margarine (250 g) mix with one glass of icing sugar. Then blender curd curd until smooth. It must be added to the margarine. Pour vanilla into the dough. Stir together.
Now you can pour 350 g of flour and 1 tsp. baking powder. Knead the dough. It will turn out soft and gentle. Let the dough stand for at least 20 minutes, then roll out and squeeze out the shapes you need with the figures. If the child is 5-6 years old, you can cut out letters, numbers or geometric shapes from the dough.
When the cookies are sent to the oven, sprinkle them with sugar. Bake at 200 degrees. The appearance of a golden crust indicates readiness. For authenticity, pierce one cookie with a toothpick or match. If the dough does not remain on them, then it’s ready.
Puff pastry cookies
Such a dessert is loved not only by children, but also by adults. To prepare it, you first need to make puff pastry. For this we need products:
- margarine (butter can be);
- lemon juice;
- flour;
- some salt;
- sour cream (yogurt);
- egg (one yolk).
The ingredients are suitable only cold, not room temperature - this is the main condition for the preparation of puff pastry.
In 350 g of flour, spread the butter (200 g). From this it is necessary to make small crumbs with your hands. Then put the yolk, a pinch of salt and a fermented milk product (kefir, sour cream or yogurt) in the same container. Now you need to knead the dough. If it sticks to your hands, then add some more flour. Wrap the finished dough in a plastic wrap and send it to rest in the cold for at least 20 minutes.
Now cut the figures and lay the cookies on the greased baking sheet. Very often they make triangles out of them. However, if your kid has sandwiches from a sand set, you can squeeze cookies out with them. It will turn out not only tasty, but also original. Bake it for 20 minutes at 180 degrees. The color should be golden. That’s all, curly cookies for the kids are ready.
Christmas dessert
For the holiday, cookies are made in the form of stars, snowmen, gingerbread men, Christmas trees, etc. Various seasonings are added to it to add piquancy and a refined taste. It turns out such a figured cookie is not only original, but also very tasty. The main thing is not to overdo it with seasonings.
First, beat the butter with sugar (100 g each) until smooth. Add 0.5 tbsp. molasses, which can be replaced with honey, and one yolk. Pour flour into a separate container (about 400 g), add salt, baking powder and soda (2 g each). Now add seasoning - 2.5 g each of cinnamon, cloves, ginger and nutmeg. Mix everything thoroughly, bring to uniformity. Then pour oil with sugar and honey into the same container.
The dough is elastic, soft and uniform. Put it in the cold for 60 minutes. When you get the dough, roll out a circle 5 mm thick. Cut out the figures that are needed for the holiday, and put on a baking sheet. Dessert should be baked at 180 degrees for about half an hour. Now, the figured cookies are ready. The recipe is quick and easy. Therefore, to realize it under the power of any housewife.
Useful Tips
If you want to decorate a finished cookie, wait until it cools. After all, icing sugar or icing will not stay hot.
If you do not have special molds, you can squeeze the figures with the help of apiary from the sand set. However, they must be washed very well before use. You can cut out letters, numbers, smile, and more with your own knife.
To decorate cookies, prepare colorful glaze. Especially if you cook desserts for a children's holiday or for Christmas. You can also sprinkle cookies with powdered sugar.