Cookies like in childhood
Description
The baking is prepared simply and quickly. Making cookies like in childhood is very easy, even a child can do it. The ingredients are accessible and usually always on hand. Minimum effort, no need to struggle with rolling out the dough or using special cookie cutters, the meat grinder does all the work. The cookies turn out a bit crumbly on the outside and soft inside. With tea or milk – very tasty! Neither children nor adults will refuse them.
Instructions
- 1
Step 1
Prepare all the ingredients.
- 2
Step 2
Beat the eggs with salt, sugar, and vanilla.
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Step 3
Add flour, baking powder, and softened butter.
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Step 4
Mix everything first with a spoon, then knead the dough by hand.
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Step 5
The dough should not stick to the hands and should be sufficiently soft and elastic.
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Step 6
Pass the ready dough through a meat grinder, cutting off with a knife the strands that emerge from the grid once they reach a length of 4–5 cm.
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Step 7
Place the cookies on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, shaping them by hand as desired. You can roll the dough into a circle, slightly twist the edges, or leave it in its original form. Be sure to place the future cookies at some distance from each other, as they will expand in size.
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Step 8
Combine the yolk with milk and spread it over the cookies. Sprinkle with poppy seeds. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for about 15–20 minutes.
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Step 9
The cookies, just like in childhood, are ready.