Egg Yolk Cookies

Fragrant, delicious crumbly treat! If you happen to have unsuitable yolks, then with their participation you can cook delicious and tender cookies. Such cookies may well become one of your favorite recipes for your home baking. Try it!
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 9 % 7 g
Fats 31 % 25 g
Carbohydrates 60 % 49 g
438 kcal
GI: 0 / 0 / 100

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 40 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    Remove the butter from the refrigerator in advance, cut into pieces and leave to lie at room temperature so that it becomes soft.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Add powdered sugar to the soft butter and beat with a mixer into a fluffy mass. The beaten butter will turn a little whiter.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Then add the egg yolks to the dough. Also mix everything with a mixer so that the powdered sugar dissolves.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Then pour the sifted flour into the dough and knead the dough quickly with your hands. It is not necessary to knead for a long time. It is only enough for the dough to take all the flour into itself. Otherwise, with a long stirring, you will have to add more flour and the finished product will be solid.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Roll out the finished dough into a layer about 5 millimeters thick. Cut out the mugs with a glass, and remove the excess dough.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Make a small recess in each cookie and put some jam or jam. Put the baking tray with cookies in the oven, preheated to 200 degrees for 10-15 minutes.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Remove the finished cookies from the oven, remove from the hot baking sheet and cool slightly. Serve delicious cookies with tea or coffee. Enjoy your meal!

The finished cookies according to this recipe turn out to be very fragrant, delicate and airy, with a pleasant creamy taste. Take butter of good quality, since it is from its taste and aroma that the final taste of cookies will depend.

For flavoring, you can add a little vanilla, cinnamon or lemon zest. You can also make a chocolate version of cookies by simply adding a little cocoa to the dough.

You can make cookies of any shape from the dough. And if you have a special syringe for cookies, then squeeze the cookies through it. It will turn out very beautifully.

And this recipe is also perfect for classes with children. Instruct the children to cut out circles from the dough. Or make cookies in the form of flagella. Children really like to tinker with any kind of dough and help in the kitchen. And it is very useful for fine motor skills.

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

  • 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
  • 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
  • Egg yolks - 352   kcal/100g
  • Powdered sugar - 374   kcal/100g
  • Baking soda - 0   kcal/100g
  • Confiture - 295   kcal/100g

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