Cookies
Description
The baking is prepared simply and quickly. Shortcrust pastry for cookies is made according to a classic recipe, based on butter. The dough should not be too soft, so that the strips of dough retain the proper shape. But you also shouldn't oversaturate the dough with flour, so that after baking the cookies are light and tender. Cookies shaped like matchsticks are just one idea; you can make them in any shape. Serve warm or cooled. Perfect with tea.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients for the dough: 1 egg, 2 cups of flour, 5 tbsp sugar, 100 grams of butter.
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Step 2
Whisk the egg with sugar until it forms a fluffy foam.
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Step 3
Add softened butter and mix.
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Step 4
Add the flour in portions and knead into a uniform dough.
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Step 5
Gather the dough into a ball, cover it with plastic wrap, and place it in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.
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Step 6
The chilled dough is rolled out thinly and cut into strips.
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Step 7
Lay the strips of dough on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and place them in a preheated oven at 180 °C. Bake for 7–10 minutes.
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Step 8
Prepare the ingredients for the glaze: 1 tbsp sugar, 2 tbsp cocoa, 50 ml milk, and 30 g butter.
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Step 9
In a pot, pour the milk, add sugar and cocoa. Mix everything and place it on the stove. While stirring continuously, bring the glaze to a boil and remove from the heat.
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Step 10
Add butter to the hot glaze, stir, and let it cool.
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Step 11
Dip the finished cookies in the glaze, place them on a flat plate so that the glazed edges of the cookies do not touch each other and do not extend beyond the edge of the plate. Put the cookies in the refrigerator for about 15 minutes.
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Step 12
Matchstick cookies are ready.