Baking from shortcrust pastry is quite simple, and there are so many varieties that you can delight loved ones with delicious ones every day. But he has one significant drawback. The basis of the test is fats - butter or margarine. Its calorie content is very high, and therefore all cooked pies are categorically not suitable for adherents of a healthy lifestyle. We will learn how to cook shortbread dough without butter.
Italian recipe
Of course, you can’t do without fats at all. If we are talking about shortcrust pastry, we mean a loose structure. And this can only be achieved if the particles of flour are enveloped in fat. But you can significantly reduce its amount and replace the butter with vegetable. It will turn out no less tasty, but much more useful. Therefore, the wording “shortcrust pastry without butter” should not be taken literally.
What are the obvious pluses of this recipe? The dough will not need to be cleaned in the refrigerator for an hour before molding the product. This saves time and greatly facilitates the work of the hostess. At the same time, the baking is tender, melting, that is, just the way you wanted.
Master Class
So, prepare Italian shortcrust pastry without butter. To prepare you will need:
- Sugar - 100 g.
- Vanilla Sugar - 1/2 sachet.
- Egg - 1 pc.
- Yolk - 1 pc.
- Vegetable oil - 6 tbsp. l
- Flour - a little more than 2 glasses.
- Baking powder - 1 tsp.
As usual, this version of the baking base is undemanding to the ingredients. All that is needed for a delicious cookie is in the refrigerator of every housewife. But we will be preparing the shortbread dough without butter for the first time, so we will look at the whole process in steps.
Algorithm
Step 1. Combine sugar, vanilla, a pinch of salt, an egg and yolk in a convenient bowl.
Step 2. Add vegetable oil and beat well. It turns out almost the basis for mayonnaise.
Step 3. Pour flour and baking powder, quickly collect in a lump. Most of all, he does not like shortbread dough when it is kneaded for a long time. There is still a nuance. The flour is different for everyone. Therefore, first we pour half, mix and add as much as needed. Ready dough should resemble soft plasticine. When pressed from above, a dimple remains.
Step 4. We roll it out and proceed according to our recipe. You can cut the dough into cookies or bake a whole pie. Then it is enough to roll it into a layer, put it in a mold and chop it.
That's all wisdom. According to this recipe, shortbread dough and without butter will turn out to be very convenient for work. It is soft and supple.
Baking and temperature
Products are baked depending on size and thickness for 10-40 minutes. The temperature of the oven is 180 degrees. The power of the oven also needs to be paid attention to. After preparation of the test protein remains unused. They need to grease the top of the products so that they shine beautifully after baking. In addition to vanilla, the dough can be flavored with lemon or orange peel. Add any jam on top to make a Viennese pie. For baking, a glass or ceramic form with low sides is perfect.
Sour-milk dough
Shortcrust pastry without butter and margarine is most often made in order to get a lower-calorie dessert. Sometimes - on the recommendation of doctors, sometimes at the behest of the heart. An attempt to replace solid fats with vegetable fats leads to the understanding that the calorie content of the finished product was not completely leveled, although it decreased significantly.
To further advance in this direction, we will start the dough with the addition of sunflower oil and dairy products. It can be sour cream, yogurt or cream.
Essential Ingredients
A recipe for shortcrust pastry without oil may look like this:
- Flour - 1.5 tbsp.
- Egg - 1 pc.
- Sugar - 100 g for sweet pastries. If meat filling is supposed, then you can do with one teaspoon.
- Sour cream - 1-1.5 Art. The more you add the sour milk, the softer the dough will be.
- Baking powder - 1 tsp.
All products are ready, you can start cooking. Mix the butter and flour in one cup. Add all other ingredients and, gradually adding flour, knead the dough. It can be made more sticky if you want to get friable cookies. Conversely, a denser one will be an excellent basis for a pie. You do not need to put dough in the refrigerator, it does not need time for hardening, as when using butter. Distribute it in a baking dish. If the dough was intended for cookies, then put it out of a pastry bag.
Kefir dough
In fact, these two recipes are similar, but there is still a difference between them. Kefir slightly changes the structure of the dough, makes it more dense and slightly even layered. That is, the baking is not soft, but just sand. At the same time, the calorie content of the test is quite low, which affects the energy value of the finished cookies.
To prepare you will need:
- Kefir - 100 ml.
- Flour - 2 tbsp.
- Sugar - 100 g.
- Eggs - 1 pc.
- Oil - 100 g.
- Baking powder and salt - 0.5 tsp each.
Cooking technology
Shortcrust pastry without butter and margarine is completely unthinkable, it is also obtained by novice housewives.
- First of all, prepare the classic crumb. To do this, grind flour and butter. This is the basis of our workpiece.
- Sugar, egg, kefir, beat with a mixer into the foam. This will give the product airiness.
- Mix both parts and knead the dough.
At this point, often the housewives add less flour to make the cookies more tender. But this is a mistake. Shortbread dough should not be very soft, otherwise it ceases to be sand. Therefore, do not be shy and put flour so much that you get a dense, beautiful lump of dough at the exit. It will have to be rolled out, just stretching out your arms will not succeed. But his density is lower than that of dumplings, so he won’t be very tired.
The dough is immediately ready to work, you do not have to chill it in the refrigerator and wait. The main thing is to decide what you will make of it.
Crispy baking without oil
An original recipe that I want to share. If the soul categorically rejects butter in any form, try making shortbread dough on sour cream - and without butter you will get a wonderful base for cookies. Do not want with sour cream - take kefir. And you can completely do without fats. Believe me, it still turns out very well. Of course, the dough will no longer be fully sandy. But it will remain tender, crispy and very tasty.
To prepare you will need:
- Eggs - 2 pcs.
- Flour - 1 tbsp.
- Sugar - 1 tbsp.
- As fillers can be seeds, nuts, dried fruits, pieces of chocolate. It turns out useful home-made muesli, which today has become popular among young people. Sesame and orange zest will do.
Mix sugar with eggs. It is not necessary to take a whole glass of it. If you do not like sweet pastries, then you can safely half this dose. Whisking here is also not necessary, so just mix all the ingredients with a whisk.
Pour the flour in portions and make the dough look like candied honey. Add fillers and mix evenly. You need to grease the baking sheet with butter and put two cookies in the shape of small knolls on it with two spoons. Put in a hot oven for literally 10 minutes. That's all, you have a delicate and very tasty cookie on your table.
Instead of a conclusion
As you can see, cooking is a very creative process. Do not want to use butter - replace it with vegetable. If it does not fit into your diet, add sour cream or kefir as a fat component. If you want to make just useful crunchies, do without fat at all. Add nuts and dried fruits to cookies and get a useful source of energy and strength.