Quick Shortbread Cookies
Shortbread cookies in haste can be prepared at least every day, it is so easy to prepare and affordable in terms of ingredients. Want to make it a little more difficult? Please! Add 50 grams of chopped walnuts, a teaspoon of lemon zest or a tablespoon of cocoa powder to the dough. The most careful ones may not break the cookies, as we did, but immediately after they are ready, cut the layer with a sharp knife into even rhombuses or squares. Such shortbread cookies can be served with tea or coffee, supplemented with jam, as well as chocolate or nut paste.
Ingredients
Servings 8-10- butter - 120 g
- flour - 250 g + a little more for rolling out the dough
- semolina - 100 g
- salt - 1/4 h. l.
- baking powder - 1 tsp
- sugar - 120-150 g
- egg - 1 pc.
Cooking
Step 1
Prepare the dough for shortbread cookies in a hurry. To do this, cut the butter into small cubes and place in a large bowl. Leave at room temperature for 30 minutes.
Step 2
Pour flour into a large bowl. Add semolina, salt and baking powder. Stir with a fork or whisk. Heat the oven to 180°C.
Step 3
Beat soft butter for shortbread dough with a mixer. Gradually, without stopping beating, add sugar. The result should be a lush light mass of a uniform consistency.
Step 4
Add egg and beat again. Add the resulting egg-butter mixture to the flour mixture and mix thoroughly. The dough for shortbread cookies is ready in a hurry.
Step 5
Put the cookie dough on a table dusted with flour and roll it into a layer 7-8 mm thick. Transfer it to a baking sheet lined with baking paper.
Step 6
Place a baking sheet with a layer of dough in the oven for 20-25 minutes. Let cool completely. Break the layer into pieces of arbitrary size. Shortbread cookies in haste can be sprinkled with powdered sugar.