"Anglsi" Cookies
Description
Homemade baked treats for tea. The classic version involves joining the cookie halves with jam, but various thick creams, melted chocolate, preserves, and other spreads work perfectly for this purpose. Serve warm or chilled. Perfect with tea.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare all the ingredients needed to make the cookies. Keep in mind that the butter should be soft and pliable, so take it out of the refrigerator in advance.
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Step 2
In a bowl, combine the dry ingredients: flour (180 grams), sugar, vanilla sugar, and baking powder.
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Step 3
Cut the butter into cubes and add to the dry mixture. Use your hands to combine the ingredients until a crumbly texture forms.
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Step 4
Break an egg into the resulting crumbs, knead the dough, adding a little flour or water if necessary.
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Step 5
Place the prepared dough in the refrigerator for 20-30 minutes.
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Step 6
Roll out the chilled dough on a floured work surface. The thickness of the dough should be 4-5 mm. Using a glass or a special cutter, cut out cookies from the rolled dough, with half of them having a small hole in the center.
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Step 7
Place the cookies on the prepared baking sheet, leaving a small space between them.
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Step 8
Bake the shortbread cookies at a temperature of 180-190 degrees for 15-20 minutes.
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Step 9
Cool the halves of the future "Anglsi" cookies, then stick them together with boiled condensed milk, spreading it in the central part of the cookie without the hole and slightly pressing the second half on top.