Serpentine cookies are crumbly, tasty and fragrant homemade cakes that will appeal to both children and adults. The recipe for such a treat is quite simple and does not require special expenses. Such baking is within the power of even a novice cook.
Serpentine cookies: recipe with photo
To make a dessert, you will need:
- 200 grams of butter based on animal cream or margarine;
- 2 eggs of chicken;
- 200 grams of sugar;
- 450 grams of flour;
- 100 grams of cocoa powder;
- 10 grams of baking powder.
Cooking dough
Serpentine cookies are most often prepared on the basis of margarine. But you can use oil based on animal cream. To knead a good dough, pour sugar into a deep container. Margarine is recommended to be removed from the refrigerator in advance. It should be soft. Do not heat it on fire or in the microwave. In a container with sugar you need to put margarine, and then grind everything thoroughly. It is necessary to drive eggs into the resulting mixture, and then mix until smooth.
In the dough you need to add baking powder, and then flour, carefully sifted through a sieve. After this, the mass should be mixed well. The result should be a flexible and easy-to-work dough.
The mass must be divided into two parts, and then cocoa powder is introduced into one of them. The dough should be kneaded until its color becomes uniform. If you wish, you can add in the second part of the dough not chocolate, but beet juice. The result is a white and pink cookie. You can also divide the dough into three equal parts. Mix one with cocoa, the second with beet juice, and leave the third without additives. As a result, the cookies will turn tricolor.
How to shape
Shortcake Serpentine has an interesting pattern. To create it, you should know how to mix two different tests. This will require a plastic film. It should roll a layer of light dough. The result should be a rectangle.
The same thing needs to be done with chocolate dough. After that, the film with the rectangle should be carefully lifted and turned to a bright rectangle. In conclusion, the upper polyethylene can be removed. If you use dough of three colors, then on top of the chocolate layer you need to lay out a colored layer.
Using a film located under the light dough, you should carefully roll the roll. Such a blank must be placed in the freezer for 15 minutes. This will allow you to cut it without much difficulty.
After the specified time, the roll should be removed from the freezer. Now you need to carefully cut it into rings. The thickness of one workpiece should not exceed 1 centimeter.
The baking sheet should be greased with vegetable-based oil. You can also use parchment for baking. On a baking sheet, lay the blanks. It is recommended to bake cookies in a well-heated oven at a temperature of at least 180 ° C for about 15 minutes. After this time, Serpentine cookies will be ready.
Cookies for those who follow a lacto-vegetarian diet
How else can I make Serpentine cookies? The recipe includes the following products:
- 200 grams of butter on a cream base;
- 200 grams of sugar;
- 550 grams of flour;
- 4 large spoons of sour cream;
- 0.1 teaspoon of salt;
- 2 large spoons of cocoa in powder form;
- 10 grams of vanillin;
- 1 teaspoon of cinnamon.
Steps for making dough
How to cook "Serpentine"? Cookies, the photo of which is presented above, in this case are prepared on the basis of butter. This component should be removed in advance from the refrigerator so that it is soft. Butter should be combined with sugar and beat for 2 minutes with a mixer. The mass should become homogeneous and without crystals.
Vanilla sugar, cinnamon and salt should be added to the resulting mass. Whip with a mixer. At the end of the mixture you need to add flour, previously sifted. Mix the dough. The result should be crumbs. They should add sour cream, and then beat with a mixer. Knead the dough for a long time is not recommended, as it will become hard.
The resulting mass should be divided into two equal parts, and then add cocoa to one of them. The dough should be evenly colored.
Formation process
To make Serpentine cookies, you should wrap the dough in polyethylene and place in the refrigerator. After 15 minutes, it needs to be removed and rolled into layers, a thickness of not more than 6 millimeters. It is best to make rectangles of the same size from the dough.
Chocolate rolled mass should be carefully transferred to light. The dough must be carefully rolled into a roll so that there is no air between the layers. Otherwise, the cookies will fall apart. The blank should be wrapped in polyethylene and placed in the cold. After 15 minutes, the roll can be taken out and cut into circles no more than five millimeters thick. From the specified number of components, a lot of cookies are obtained.
How to bake and serve
It is recommended to preheat the oven to 180 ° C. A baking sheet should be greased with vegetable oil. If it is not at hand, then you can cover the surface with paper intended for baking. On a baking sheet, carefully place the cookies. In this case, you need to ensure that it does not fall apart. Bake "Serpentine" should be for 15 minutes. As a result, a golden hue should appear on the cookies. In this case, you must ensure that the delicacy does not burn.
After cooking, cookies should be laid out on a special grid for cooling. Serve such a dessert should be with any drink: milk, cocoa, coffee, tea. The treat should be completely cooled. Such cookies can be served at the festive table or treat guests in the process of tea drinking.