Shortbread cookies with sour cream
Description
Perfectly pairs with tea and coffee. This cookie requires very few ingredients and can even be made by a beginner. The baked goods turn out very aromatic and crumbly, literally melting in your mouth. Serve warm or chilled. Ideal with tea.
Instructions
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Step 1
Sift the flour into a bowl several times through a sieve. Then add cold butter, cut into cubes, to the flour. Add sugar to taste.
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Step 2
Place the sour cream into a separate bowl. Then add the baking powder to it. You can substitute it with regular baking soda.
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Step 3
With your hands, rub the flour, butter, and sugar together into fine crumbs. Rub thoroughly until the crumbs are as fine as possible.
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Step 4
When the sour cream, together with the baking powder or baking soda, increases in volume, add it to the crumb mixture of flour, butter, and sugar. Mix everything thoroughly.
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Step 5
Knead a soft dough and roll it out on a work surface into a 1-centimeter-thick sheet. Then cut the dough into small squares with a knife. Brush with egg and sprinkle with sugar.
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Step 6
Transfer the dough onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Preheat the oven to 190 degrees and bake the cookies for twenty minutes. Let the baked goods cool and serve.