Cheesy treat with cottage cheese
Description
Perfectly pairs with tea and coffee. For the cookies, you'll need homemade cottage cheese, good quality butter, a little sugar, raisins (light or dark), and flour. Additionally, for the sugary crust, you'll need half an egg and a bit of sugar. Cookie size is up to your preference—my mom used to make them big, shaping them with a small glass. I prefer them small. These cottage cheese treats are a wonderful dessert with a glass of milk or cocoa. Give them a try! They can be served with tea or coffee.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients. Let's get started!
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Step 2
Place the cottage cheese, cold butter, and sugar (almost all of it, leaving 1 tablespoon for sprinkling the cookies) into the blender container.
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Step 3
Turn on the food processor for a couple of minutes to thoroughly combine the cottage cheese with the butter. If you don't have a powerful food processor, grate the butter on a grater and mix it with the cottage cheese using a fork.
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Step 4
Add the flour in portions (2-2.5 cups), mixing until a dense dough begins to form. Reserve some flour for dusting the table.
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Step 5
The cookie dough is almost ready.
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Step 6
Transfer it to a deep bowl or work surface, add the raisins, and thoroughly mix them into the dough.
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Step 7
The cookie dough is ready! It's time to preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Line the baking sheets with parchment paper.
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Step 8
Roll out the dough to a thickness of 6-7 mm. Use a cookie cutter to cut out shapes and place them on a baking sheet. The size of the cookies is up to you; I prefer small, one-bite cookies.
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Step 9
Place the cookies a small distance apart; they won't spread.
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Step 10
Brush the cookies with beaten egg; half an egg is quite enough. Sprinkle with sugar. Place on the middle rack of the oven and bake for 20 minutes.
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Step 11
The cookies are ready.
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Step 12
Cool the cookies and enjoy! Yield: 80 pieces.
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Step 13
Remove from the oven and serve warm or cooled.