Quickly shaped cookies. Figured shortbread cookies

Figured cookies are most often baked for children or for a holiday 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 shaped cookies and useful tips from pastry chefs.

Shortbread cookies: figured

Children love something unusual. Therefore, they can be used to make cookies with figurines from them. They turn out soft, slightly crumbly, sweet and very tasty. Just what kids love.

To prepare shortbread cookies, take 220 g of soft butter and beat it in a blender with sugar (100 g) and a pinch of salt. 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 have been mixed until smooth, add 450 g of sifted flour. Mix gently with a fork rather than a blender - this will make the dough more tender and soft. Wrap it in cling film and let rest for about 60 minutes.

While the dough is infusing, select the necessary molds. If you are making cookies for a child, then animals, Christmas trees, butterflies, etc. are suitable. For older children (4-6 years old), you can make cookies in the form of geometric shapes. The result is not only a delicious dessert, but also an educational one.

When the dough has rested sufficiently, you need to roll it out. Don't forget that it will rise in the oven. So make it about 6mm thick. Then create a mold and put it in the oven. Bake at 180 degrees for about 20 minutes.

So we got shaped cookies. The photo below shows the varieties of shapes that will attract your little ones.

Add cottage cheese to shortbread dough

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

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

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

Puff pastry cookies

This dessert is loved not only by children, but also by adults. To prepare it, you first need to make puff pastry. For this you need products:

margarine (you can use butter);
lemon juice;
flour;
a little salt;
sour cream (yogurt);
egg (one yolk).

The ingredients are only suitable cold, not at room temperature - this is the main condition for preparing puff pastry.

Place butter (200 g) in 350 g of flour. From this you need to make small crumbs with your hands. Then put the yolk, a pinch of salt 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 refrigerate to rest for at least 20 minutes.

Now cut out the shapes and place the cookies on a greased baking sheet. Very often they are made into triangles. However, if your baby has beads from a shortbread set, you can use them to squeeze out cookies. 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, the shaped cookies for children are ready.

Christmas dessert

For the holiday, cookies are made in the shape of stars, snowmen, Christmas trees, etc. Various seasonings are added to them to add piquancy and exquisite taste. These shaped cookies turn out to be 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 salt, baking powder and soda (2 g each). Now add seasonings - 2.5 g each of cinnamon, cloves, ginger and nutmeg. Mix everything thoroughly and bring until smooth. 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 you take out the dough, roll it out into 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 shaped cookies are ready. The recipe is quick and easy. Therefore, any housewife can implement it.

If you want to decorate the finished cookies, wait until they cool. After all, powdered sugar or glaze will not hold up when it’s hot.

If you don’t have special molds, you can squeeze out the figures using the beads from the sand set. However, they must be washed very well before use. You can cut out letters, numbers, smiles and much more with a knife.

To decorate the cookies, prepare colorful icing. Especially if you are preparing desserts for a children's party or for Christmas. You can also sprinkle with powder.

These cookies are suitable for both adults and children. I add a little cottage cheese or cottage cheese to it for children. I use a product from a local manufacturer. It is not at all necessary to buy expensive foreign analogues; ours are better and more natural.

There are a lot of cookies, I rolled out a layer thickness of 6 mm. If you make it thinner, you get even more. Figured cookies are ideal with milk, or maybe a cup of coffee. It stores well and the longer it sits, the tastier it becomes.

I love these moderately sweet and crumbly cookies. Attention, sweet tooth! If you like it sweeter, add more sugar.

As for the form, this is a matter of your taste and liking. As a child, my grandmother simply cut the rolled out dough into diamonds and baked it, it was so beautiful and tasty. Well, as for me, times change and I decide on the form during the cooking process.

In order to bake homemade shaped shortbread cookies for children, you will need soft butter, eggs, sugar, vanillin, flour, a jar of curd cheese, slaked soda with vinegar.

Beat butter with sugar and salt, add cream cheese and eggs, add vanilla and mix.

Add sifted flour.

Make a soft and tender dough. Refrigerate the dough for an hour.

While the dough is cooling, let's figure out what we want the cookies to look like and choose something...

When starting to roll out shortcrust pastry, it’s a good idea to decide on the thickness of the layer. For these cookies I prefer a thickness of 6 mm, plus a rise in the oven - and it will be just what you need! To do this, I use my favorite roller with a layer thickness regulator.

It is better to roll out on a silicone mat. The dough will not stick to it and it will be easier for you to transfer the cookies to the sheet.

These are the cookies we will have.

And such. Place in the oven and bake at 180 degrees for 20-25 minutes.

The shaped cookies are ready and you need to let them cool a little.

So, the butterflies are already trying to fly, but I don’t mind!

The cookies come out delicious, tender and crumbly. Store the cookies in a jar and eat to your heart's content.

Products:

Butter - 200 gr.

Sugar - 200 gr.

Eggs - 2 pcs.

Vanillin - 2 gr.

Soda - 1 tsp.

Flour - 2.5 cups

People are creatures who love to eat delicious food, despite how unhealthy the product is, sometimes you really want something sweet. So sometimes we really want crunchy, sweet shortbread cookies, the recipe for which I share in this article. There is one nuance in this recipe: it is better for children to prepare shortbread cookies with butter rather than margarine.

For children under 3 years old, it is still better to prepare more dietary cookies, for example, and when they grow up, you can sometimes pamper them with shortbread cookies.

Shortbread cookie dough recipe:

1. Mix two eggs with a glass of sugar.

2. Add 200 grams of soft butter and mix. To make the butter softer faster, you can use the microwave (timer for 10 seconds)

3. Dissolve a teaspoon of soda in vinegar and add to the dough. Mix.

4. Sift 2 cups of flour and start kneading the dough. If during the kneading process you see that there is not enough flour, add more.

5. As a result, you should get this kind of shortbread dough that does not stick to your hands. It holds its shape, but at the same time it is soft and easy to tear off a piece of.

6. Place the finished shortbread dough in a plastic bag and place in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.

Making shortbread cookies:

7. After 20 minutes, you need to remove the dough from the refrigerator and carefully roll it into a layer on a floured table. I roll out the dough to a thickness of 0.5-0.7 cm. We squeeze out different figures from the dough or simply cut them into squares. Or you can make neat round cookies without molds using a glass. Form the remaining dough into a ball again, roll it out and cut out the cookies.

8. Cover a baking sheet with baking paper (parchment) and arrange the cookies. Place in a preheated oven (180 degrees).

Children's shaped shortbread cookies combined with the sweetest fudge are a real treat for those with a sweet tooth.

Some may find it easiest to buy cookies at the store. After all, there is such a variety and abundance of these pastries that you can satisfy all your desires. But what if I suggested you make your own cookies?

And just for this occasion, I decided to offer you a recipe for crumbly and easy children’s cookies (photo) with fondant. To prepare it, we will need to prepare all the necessary ingredients.

A set of products for making baby cookies:

wheat flour - 2 cups;
granulated sugar - ½ cup;
butter or margarine - 150 grams;
chicken egg - 1 pc.;
salt - ¼ teaspoon;
soda - ¼ teaspoon;

For lipstick:

granulated sugar - 4 tbsp. spoons;
water 3 tbsp. spoons;
fresh beet juice 1 teaspoon.

Step-by-step instructions for the dish “Children’s shortbread cookies”

Let's start preparing children's cookies according to the recipe. To do this, place softened butter or creamy margarine in a large glass container. Then pour in granulated sugar and rub it with a wooden spoon or spatula.

Then add one chicken egg, salt to the bowl and stir everything thoroughly until a homogeneous fluffy mass is obtained.

Then gradually add sifted wheat flour. First combine the flour with soda and then knead the dough with a spoon.

After two to three minutes we begin to cut the dough.

Sprinkle the table on which we will cut the dough with a small amount of flour. Then, using a rolling pin, roll out a layer approximately 3-4 mm thick. And then we use special notches from the dough to form all sorts of figures.

The baking tray must be dry and clean. There is no need to lubricate it, since shortbread dough contains fat and does not stick to the baking sheet. You can also use parchment paper if you wish. Then lay out the cookies in rows. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. And bake the cookies for about 10-12 minutes.

Now let's move on to making the fudge. To do this, pour granulated sugar into a saucepan and pour water. Without stirring, place the pan over medium heat. Bring the liquid to a boil. Lightly move the liquid in the saucepan using the handle. Cook the syrup for a few minutes. At the end, add 5 drops of lemon juice. Test the syrup to see if it is ready. Add a drop of syrup into a glass of cold water. It should curl into a ball. The syrup is ready.