A classic shortbread cookie consists of 4 main ingredients: flour, sugar, butter and vanilla. This cookie turns out very tender and crumbly, melting in the mouth. But you can diversify its taste by adding another flavor to the dough ingredient to choose from. Or bake cookies in three presented options. Add Masala Tea to Masala Flavored Cookies – black tea with spices. He will give baking an unusual spicy the aroma. And for nut-flavored cookies, add slices to the dough fried pecans. All three types of cookies are so amazing that quickly fly off the table. Share with friends: 
Time: 1 hour. 4 minutes Difficulty: easy Quantity: 65 pcs. AT recipes use measured containers with a volume of: 1 glass (tbsp.) – 240 ml 3/4 cup (st.) – 180 ml. 1/2 cup (tbsp.) – 120 ml. 1/3 cups (st.) – 80 ml. 1/4 cup (st.) – 60 ml. 1 tablespoon (tbsp. l.) – 15 ml. 1 teaspoon (tsp) – 5 ml.
Contents
Ingredients for the recipe:
Classic 4-ingredient version
- 2 tbsp. flour
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 0.5 tbsp. + 2 tbsp. l powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 220 gr butter, room temperature, sliced into pieces
- 1 tsp water
- 2 tbsp. l tea leaf masala, or about 6 sachets
Fried Pecan Shortbread Cookies
- 0.5 tbsp. fried and chopped pecans
- Additionally, powdered sugar for sprinkling finished cookies
Recipes with similar ingredients: flour, icing sugar, vanilla extract, butter, masala tea, pecans
Recipe preparation:
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Classic version of 4 ingredients:
Preheat the oven to 190 ° C.
- In a food processor, combine flour, salt and powdered sugar. Add vanilla, butter and 1 tsp. water. Mix to knead the dough. Put the dough on a piece of plastic film and form a log of about 6 cm in diameter and 12 cm long. Tight twist each end of the film in opposite directions. Put the dough in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.
- Cut the log into 0.8 cm thick discs. Fold into non-stick parchment baking sheets paper or silicone mats 5 cm apart friend. Bake until the edges are light brown, about 12-14 minutes, swapping baking sheets in the middle of baking. Remove from the oven and cool the cookies on baking sheets for 5 minutes. Then transfer to a wire rack and cool to room temperature. temperature.
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Options:
Grind tea with flour and salt in a food processor to make tea in small pieces evenly distributed throughout the flour. Then add powdered sugar, vanilla, butter and 1 tsp. water. Next, proceed as described above in the recipe.
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Mix chopped pecans into the dough and form a flat disk. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour. On a work surface sprinkled with flour, roll the dough into a layer approximately 0.8 cm thick. (If the dough is too hard roll out or it starts to crack, let it lie in for several minutes at room temperature until it will become malleable.) Cut the dough into rectangles with a sharp knife approximately 2 x 7 cm. Spread on prepared baking sheets and bake as described above. Sift over slightly cooled cookies powdered sugar through a fine sieve.
Note
Store cookies in an airtight container for a week or freeze logs from dough for up to 1 month. And so the cookies it turned out delicious, use only the freshest in cooking Ingredients.
