Inexperienced chefs, as a rule, begin their experiments in baking with shortcrust pastry. Agree, there is nothing easier than to cook great crumbly cookies.
Another win-win option - bagels sand. Empty, with jam, fresh fruits, chocolate, nuts or candied fruits - there are a lot of options for cooking this delicacy.
Main ingredients
Before we talk about the most delicious recipes, let's take a closer look at the ingredients from which shortcrust pastry is made for bagels.
- Flour The friability of the dough directly depends on the amount of flour. In some recipes for this, part of the flour is proposed to be replaced with starch.
- Oil . The percentage of fat and the quality of this component affect the taste of baking. It is not recommended to use margarine due to the content of vegetable fats in it, which are poorly absorbed by our body. On the other hand, sandwich bagels on margarine is an economical option, so everyone decides on the basis of financial capabilities.
- Sugar The recipes provide two options for the introduction of sugar. In the first we pre-grind it with eggs, in the second we change it to powdered sugar.
- Water and eggs. Components that bind butter and flour together.
- Baking powder and soda. Experienced housewives, as a rule, do not use them for shortcrust pastry. But if you are not confident in your abilities, it will definitely not be worse from a pinch of soda.
- Salt. This ingredient makes the taste of baking more vivid, so a small pinch should be added even to the sweetest dessert.
Bagels without filling
The simplest recipe for bagels from shortcrust pastry is useful for breakfast on the weekend. Ingredients:
- 200 g butter;
- two glasses of flour;
- vanillin;
- one glass of sugar;
- sour cream - 100 g;
- egg - 4 pcs.
A pre-frozen piece of butter must be chopped on a coarse grater and mixed with sifted flour. Beat sugar and eggs separately, then add sour cream. Combine all the ingredients and knead the tender dough.
Roll out the dough (approximately 5 mm thick) and cut into small triangles. Roll the bagels and put in the oven (temp. 180 degrees) for 15 minutes. Before baking, the treat can be sprinkled with cinnamon, sugar, poppy seeds or chopped cookies.
Bagels with jam (recipe)
Shortbread dough is very simple to prepare even in the company of a small sweet tooth. Children love to watch moms and participate in the process.
Ingredients:
- sour cream - 100 g;
- soda - 0.3 teaspoon;
- butter - 100 g;
- thick jam - 150 g;
- sifted flour - 200 g.
Melt the butter and cool to room temperature, add soda and sour cream. Pour flour in small portions, gradually kneading the dough. Wrap the shortcrust pastry in cling film and leave in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
Divide the mass into two parts and form balls. Roll out a circle (2-3 mm thick) and, like a pie, cut into pieces. Put jam on a wide edge and flatten it a little, then wrap bagels. The edges can be plucked so that the liquid jam does not “run away” during baking.
Place the baking tray with the billets in the oven (temp. 180 degrees) - after 25 minutes you will have delicious sandwich bagels on the table. The recipe can be varied with boiled condensed milk, apple slices, cottage cheese, marmalade or chocolate - it all depends on the preferences of the young cook.
Chocolate and Cherry
The following recipe will help us to fill the filling with adults and children. Bagels sandwiches with cherries and chocolate - a delicacy that perfectly complements a glass of milk or a cup of aromatic coffee.
Ingredients:
- sour cream - 200 g;
- drain. oil - 200 g;
- two eggs;
- flour - 400 g;
- one glass of sugar;
- salt - 1/3 tea spoons;
- half a bar of chocolate;
- walnuts - 100 g;
- seedless cherry - 100 g.
Cooking process
At the first stage, grind frozen oil with a knife or combine. Then add sour cream and salt. It is very important to cook the dough quickly so that the butter does not have time to completely melt. Add the yolks and flour to the mass, mix thoroughly and make sure that the dough is not sticky. Remove the finished sand base in the refrigerator.
The second stage is the preparation of delicious toppings. To a state of small crumbs with a blender, grind cherries, chocolate and nuts, then add 100 g of sugar. To lubricate the bagels, beat the remaining two proteins slightly.
At the third stage, we proceed to the connection of the test and the filling. From a piece about the size of a fist, we roll out a layer (2 mm) and use a suitable plate to align the edges, and then divide it into equal parts. At the base of the triangle we spread the fragrant filling and wrap the bagel. Dip each cookie in protein and the remaining sugar. In the oven, bagels should spend about 20 minutes at 180 degrees.
Without sour cream and eggs
As you may have noticed, most shortcrust pastry recipes include sour cream and eggs. Even experienced housewives do not always have these ingredients available, but even without them it is quite simple to make sand bagels. The recipe will certainly appeal to adherents of the vegetarian diet.
Ingredients:
- sugar or icing sugar - 80 g;
- flour - 170 g;
- butter (butter) or margarine - 120 g;
- starch - 40 g;
- baking powder - 0.5 tsp;
- vanillin - one pinch.
Without eggs and sour cream, bagels are no less tasty and crumbly. Combine starch, baking powder and sugar. Then grind the granular mixture with frozen oil to make a fine crumb. With a few tablespoons of cold water, knead a thick dough, wrap in a film and put in the refrigerator for half an hour.
As for the filling, here the matter is limited only by the imagination of the culinary specialist. It’s quicker to wrap pieces of chocolate or some chocolate paste with nuts in bagels, but simple cookies sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar will also immediately end.