What could be better than cookies? Of course, a self-made dessert. But what if we go ahead and make cookies, as in childhood? Take the classic ingredients of good quality, stock up on time and patience and start creating, because the kitchen is the same workshop as an artist acting according to recipes.
The taste and color ...
Undoubtedly, everyone has a favorite cookie, as in childhood. Someone has a crunchy cracker with a salty crust and garlic flavor, someone has shortbread cookies soaking in a cup with milk ... It’s impossible to list everything.
It is not for nothing that there is a proverb: "There is no companion for taste and color." But, nevertheless, all people have their own preferences on this subject, and for the most part they agree. Therefore, today we will consider the most popular recipes that older people miss.
These desserts have made a huge contribution to the history of baking in our country. And many still can not forget the very taste of crispy cookies, as in childhood.
List of ingredients
We need only the basic components that can be found in every kitchen. But, of course, in order to make cookies very friable and sweet, we will use a large number of high-quality and natural products that you can find in any store:
- Wheat flour - 3 cups.
- Sugar - 1 cup.
- Eggs - 2 pcs.
- Soda - 1 tsp
- Butter - 200 g.
First recipe: sweet scattering
The first homemade cookies, as in childhood, are prepared in just half an hour, so the faster we start, the faster we will be happy with the result.
- Sift the flour into a large bowl, then add cold butter there (you can take it directly from the refrigerator), after cutting it into small cubes.
- Grind the butter and flour into crumbs, and then carefully mix the eggs, granulated sugar and soda, bringing the total mass to a homogeneous state.
- We knead the plastic and at the same time elastic dough and, not setting it aside for rest, proceed to rolling.
- The thickness of the dough should be about 5 - 7 millimeters, otherwise you will not be able to get crispy cookies, as in childhood.
- We cut out figures from the dough sheet using various forms and send them to bake in a preheated oven to 180 degrees for 10 - 15 minutes. It is worth recalling that the capacities of all devices are different, so check your cookies every 3 to 5 minutes so that it does not burn.
That's all, crispy and crumbly cookies, as in childhood, is ready!
All that comes in handy
It's time to proceed to the next masterpiece of our youth, homemade cookies, as in childhood, "nuts". With the name alone, drooling starts because this dessert is delicious. In childhood, many tried to cook it. The recipe is not complicated, the cookies are cooked quickly, the ingredients are available.
If you want to surprise guests, you can try this delicious treat.
The second recipe, as in childhood: cookies "nuts"
We will not hesitate for a minute and immediately begin to prepare this sweet:
- Take a can of condensed milk, put it in a deep pan and fill it with water so that it covers it from above by 3-5 centimeters. Bring the water to a boil and cook condensed milk in this way for 1.5 - 2 hours, constantly monitoring the water level above the jar.
- Mix granulated sugar with softened butter, then add the chicken eggs at room temperature.
- Gradually add flour. Watch for the consistency of the dough, it should be obedient and elastic, not tight.
- At the last moment add vinegar slaked with vinegar, mix thoroughly and proceed with the molding of the blanks-balls.
- Heat the hazel nut, without which the cookies definitely will not work. Place the dough pieces in the mold, cover and cook the nuts for 2 to 3 minutes on each side.
- Carefully remove the finished parts from the hazel and cool them at room temperature.
- Meanwhile, our boiled condensed milk has long been cooked and cooled, so we open the jar and transfer part of it to a convenient bowl.
- Start all the workpieces with condensed milk, connect the halves, turning them into whole nuts. The finished dessert needs to be cooled slightly so that the filling firmly grasps, and then you can already eat them with tea!
- If desired, crushed walnuts can be added to the filling. First they need to be slightly fried.
The third cookie recipe, as in childhood
Of course, this article is not enough for us to describe all kinds of desserts of that time, but to make it more complete, we will share another option for baking.
It will be very tasty, fast, and most importantly, simple. It will be cookies in a pan, as in childhood!
Let's get to the fun part:
- Melt the butter.
- In a separate container, mix eggs and granulated sugar.
- Cool a little hot oil and pour it into a sweet egg mixture with a thin stream, stirring constantly so that the eggs do not cook.
- Add flour and baking powder in small portions, carefully monitoring the consistency. It should remind you of a thick fritters dough.
- Prepare the form in which you will cook, or an ordinary pan, heating them to a high temperature with a small amount of butter.
- Pour a little dough into the center of the pan or pan, evenly distributing it, and cook for about 30 to 40 seconds on each side. In fact, it all depends on what you are cooking on, so you can independently adjust the cooking time, the thickness and size of the cookies, as well as the degree of roasting.
- Remove the pastries from the pan, put on a dish and let it cool.
We got real cookies, like childhood, from the taste of which I want to smile. This is only because we prepared it with love and care. Bon Appetit!