The recipe for homemade kefir cookies should be in the arsenal of every housewife. And preferably not one. After all, this fermented milk product is what most often remains in your refrigerator.
It’s unlikely that there will be any problems with it, and at any time you can realize the recipe you like. Kefir cookies rise superbly and are most often very soft and lush. Sometimes it’s not even necessary to add baking soda obligatory for such baking. Let's look at the first recipe.
Kefir cookies with poppy seeds
This is a simple but original pastry and at the same time a real gift for poppy lovers. You can cook it for Poppy Spas. Grains need to grind or grind. Only in this case the taste and aroma of poppy will be palpable. It is very convenient to prepare it using a coffee grinder, and indeed it is a very useful machine - it will help you realize more than one interesting recipe. Kefir cookies are not too sweet. Sugar needs only seventy-five grams. But you can increase its number to one hundred. No need to lay eggs. Kefir can be replaced with sour cream, buttermilk or yogurt (natural, savory, without flavoring). One hundred grams of good sweet cream butter needs to be ground after it softens a little at room temperature. Add all sugar at once, stir, pour in the fermented milk component and mix with a whisk. Beating is not necessary.
You will get a smooth elastic mass. In it you need to add fresh ground poppy (you do not need to grind it in advance, otherwise it will go rancid) - one hundred grams. Then three hundred grams of sifted flour mixed with baking powder. Knead the dough, but not very long, because it can become stiff.
After rolling out with a rolling pin, cut the shortcakes with cookie cutters or a glass. The baking sheet on which you will bake the product must be covered with parchment. It is not necessary to lubricate with oil. Cookies will be baked for twelve minutes at maximum temperature. Finished products are first very soft, then harden and become friable. Ease of execution and quality ingredients will help you get another favorite recipe.
Coconut Kefir Cookies
For the test you need a glass of kefir, two hundred and fifty grams of sugar, a pinch of salt, three or four glasses of flour (depending on its characteristics, a different amount can go into the dough), three tablespoons of vegetable deodorized oil, a pinch of soda and cinnamon, a tablespoon of coconut flakes , vanillin. Mix soda with kefir and, when the mixture begins to bubble, add sugar, vanilla, soda, melted butter. After kneading, pour the flour in portions, watch for the consistency of the dough - it should not be excessively tight. Now it needs to be left for twenty to thirty minutes to swell gluten. This simple kefir cookie can be decorated with your favorite icing. You can cook it according to this recipe: beat the protein until white foam, mix with melted chocolate, then beat for two minutes. Roll out the dough, cut out circles with a tin (about two millimeters thick), bake until the color changes. Grease finished products with glaze.