Salty cookies

Simple cookies with a neutral taste for a snack. Such cookies are very often prepared in Finland. This is a universal pastry - it can be served with tea or coffee, or you can offer it with beer or a glass of wine.
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 15 % 9 g
Fats 41 % 24 g
Carbohydrates 44 % 26 g
353 kcal
GI: 0 / 0 / 100

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 20 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    Prepare the specified products for making cookies. Butter must first be taken out of the refrigerator so that it is softened, this can be done half an hour or an hour before baking. Medium-sized eggs, they will need only yolks: one in the dough, the other for greasing cookies before baking. Pre-sift the flour. Cumin is used for sprinkling cookies, if it is not to your taste, you can refuse it or replace it with coarse salt.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Turn on the oven to warm up 180 degrees. In a deep bowl, mix one yolk, sifted flour, softened butter and salt. Knead the elastic dough. Flour you may take more or less than indicated. Focus on the dough. The finished dough is easily assembled into a ball and does not stick to your hands.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    The dough is not sticky, but if it is rolled out on the table, you will have to add more flour. In order not to do this, it is better to roll out the cookie dough through baking parchment. The thinner the dough is rolled out, the crispier the finished cookie will turn out. Roll out the dough thinly and randomly slice. You can use stripes, squares or cut out various shapes.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Transfer the prepared raw cookies to a baking sheet or oven dish, previously covered with baking paper. Shake the raw yolk slightly and lubricate the surface of the cookies with a culinary brush. Sprinkle the cookies with cumin. You can sprinkle cookies with coarse sea salt or leave them completely without sprinkling. Put the baking tray with cookies in the preheated oven for 12-17 minutes. The baking time will depend on the power of the oven and the thickness of the cookies.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Remove the finished cookies from the oven and let cool. Such cookies are perfect as a snack not only for beer, but also for wine.

Easy-to-prepare cookies with simple ingredients available. It is prepared very quickly. The cookies themselves have a neutral taste, cumin adds bright flavor accents to it. But thanks to him, it is not just a salty cookie, but a fragrant addition to drinks.
The amount of salt can be changed, increasing or decreasing depending on preferences. The same can be done with cumin. This cookie has both the taste and texture of puff pastry.

Be prepared for the fact that flour may need more or less than indicated in the recipe. Focus not on the amount of flour, but on the desired consistency of the dough. To avoid mistakes, read about flour and its properties!

Keep in mind that everyone's ovens are different. The temperature and cooking time may differ from those specified in the recipe. To make any baked dish successful, use useful information about the features of ovens !

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Chicken egg - 157   kcal/100g
  • Egg white - 45   kcal/100g
  • Egg powder - 542   kcal/100g
  • Egg yolk - 352   kcal/100g
  • Ostrich egg - 118   kcal/100g
  • Whole durum wheat flour fortified - 333   kcal/100g
  • Whole durum wheat flour, universal - 364   kcal/100g
  • Flour krupchatka - 348   kcal/100g
  • Flour - 325   kcal/100g
  • Cumin - 333   kcal/100g
  • Butter 82% - 734   kcal/100g
  • Amateur unsalted butter - 709   kcal/100g
  • Unsalted peasant butter - 661   kcal/100g
  • Peasant salted butter - 652   kcal/100g
  • Melted butter - 869   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g

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