How to make curly cookies

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Shaped cookies are most often baked for children or on a festive table. It turns out beautiful, elegant and original. Any child will want to try this delicious and elegant dessert. In the article you will find several recipes for curly cookies and useful tips from confectioners.

Shortbread: curly

Children are very fond of something unusual. Therefore, they can cook cookies with figures from shortcrust pastry. It turns out soft, slightly crumbly, sweet and very tasty. Just what kids love.

To make shortbread cookies, take 220 g of soft butter and beat it with a blender with sugar (100 g) and a pinch of s alt. Mix well until smooth. Then you can add 2 eggs and two teaspoons of vanillin or a bag of vanilla sugar, 0.5 tsp. soda slaked with vinegar.

When all the above ingredients are mixed until smooth, add 450 g of sifted flour. Mix gently with a fork, not a blender - this way the dough is more tender and soft. Wrap it in cling film and let it rest for about 60 minutes.

While the dough is infused, choose the necessary molds. If you are making cookies for a child, then animals, Christmas trees,butterflies, etc. For older children (4-6 years old), you can make cookies in the form of geometric shapes. It turns out not only a delicious dessert, but also educational.

When the dough has rested enough, roll it out. Remember that it will rise in the oven. So make it about 6mm thick. Then create a shape and send it to the oven. Bake at 180 degrees for about 20 minutes.

So we got curly cookies. The photo below shows the variety of shapes that your little ones will be attracted to.

Add cottage cheese to shortbread dough

This dessert differs from the previous one both in taste and texture. To make shortbread cookies with cottage cheese, mix softened margarine (250 g) with one glass of powdered sugar. Then beat the cottage cheese with a blender until smooth. It must be added to margarine. Pour vanilla into the dough. Mix everything together.

Now you can pour 350 g of flour and 1 tsp. baking powder. Knead the dough. It will turn out soft and tender. Let the dough brew for at least 20 minutes, then roll it out and squeeze out the desired shapes with figures. If the child is 5-6 years old, you can cut out letters, numbers or geometric shapes from the dough.

When you put the cookies in the oven, sprinkle them with sugar. Set to bake at 200 degrees. The appearance of a golden crust indicates readiness. To be sure, pierce one cookie with a toothpick or match. If the dough does not remain on them, then it is ready.

Puff pastry cookies

Such a dessert is not very popularonly children, but also adults. To prepare it, you first need to make puff pastry. This requires products:

• margarine (can butter);
• lemon juice;
• flour;
• a little s alt;
• sour cream (yogurt);
• egg (one yolk).

Ingredients are suitable only cold, not room temperature - this is the main condition for making puff pastry.

In 350 g of flour put butter (200 g). From this it is necessary to make small crumbs with your hands. Then put the yolk, a pinch of s alt and a fermented milk product (kefir, sour cream or yogurt) into the same container. Now you need to knead the dough. If it sticks to your hands, then add a little more flour. Wrap the finished dough in cling film and send it to the cold to rest for at least 20 minutes.

Now cut out the figures and put the cookies on a greased baking sheet. Very often they make triangles out of them. However, if your baby has cookies from the sand set, you can squeeze out cookies with them. It will turn out not only tasty, but also original. Bake it for 20 minutes at 180 degrees. The color should be golden. That's all, curly cookies for children are ready.

Christmas dessert

For the holiday, cookies are made in the form of stars, snowmen, gingerbread men, Christmas trees, etc. Various seasonings are added to it to add spice and exquisite taste. It turns out such figured cookies are not only original, but also very tasty. The main thing is not to overdo it with seasonings.

First, beat the butter and sugar (100 g each) until smooth. Add 0.5 tbsp. molasses, which can be replaced with honey, and one yolk. Pour flour (about 400 g) into a separate container, add s alt, baking powder and soda (2 g each) here. Now pour seasonings - 2.5 g each of cinnamon, cloves, ginger and nutmeg. Mix everything thoroughly, bring to homogeneity. Then pour the butter with sugar and honey into the same container.

The dough turned out elastic, soft and homogeneous. Refrigerate it for 60 minutes. When the dough is taken out, roll out a circle, 5 mm thick. Cut out the shapes you need for the holiday and place on a baking sheet. The dessert should be baked at 180 degrees for about half an hour. Now the curly cookies are ready. The recipe is quick and easy. Therefore, any hostess can implement it.

Helpful tips

If you want to decorate the finished cookies, wait until they cool down. After all, powdered sugar or icing will not hold hot.

If you don't have special molds, you can extrude the figurines with the help of a sand set. However, they must be washed very well before use. You can cut letters, numbers, a smile and more with a knife yourself.

To decorate the cookies, make some colorful icing. Especially if you are preparing desserts for a children's party or for Christmas. You can also sprinkle powdered sugar on the cookies.