Birch bark cookies

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make Birch Cookies? Prepare the ingredients for making the shortbread dough. Take out the butter in advance so that it becomes soft. Take wheat flour of the highest grade.

2. Step 2:

   

   Mix flour with baking powder and sift into a wide bowl.

3. Step 3:

   

   Combine soft butter, sugar and vanilla sugar in a convenient container.

4. Step 4:

   

   Using a fork or whisk, rub everything to a homogeneous, lush mass.

5. Step 5:

   

   Add half an egg, mix.

6. Step 6:

   

   Pour in the flour sifted with baking powder, mix.

7. Step 7:

   

   Quickly knead the shortbread dough. It should turn out soft, pliable. If the dough sticks to your hands too much, add a little flour. But do not overdo it, so as not to make the dough tight. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator for 1 hour. Why cool the dough? To make it easier to form cookies. In addition, it will have a positive effect on the taste of the finished baking. The butter will not melt, and the cookies will turn out crumbly, not tightened.

8. Step 8:

   

   Divide the cooled dough into equal parts. I got 12 parts. Put the dough pieces in the refrigerator so that they do not get warm. Take out each part of the dough as the cookies form. Roll a piece of dough into a sausage the thickness of a finger, mash.

9. Step 9:

   

   Roll out the dough slightly into a narrow rectangle 3-5 mm thick, slightly round the corners. Form cookies in this way from the remaining pieces of dough.

10. Step 10:

    

    Carefully transfer the blanks to a baking sheet lined with parchment.

11. Step 11:

    

    Bake cookies in a preheated 200C oven for 8-10 minutes. It is important not to over-dry the cookies so that they are not hard. As soon as the edges begin to blush, remove the baking sheet from the oven. Cool the finished cookies completely.

12. Step 12:

    

    Any dark chocolate is suitable for decorating Birch cookies, but, in my opinion, it is better to take bitter. It will slightly balance the sweetness of the dessert.

13. Step 13:

    

    Halves "oreo" separate from the filling. Crush the cookies into fine crumbs.

15. Step 14:

    

    Melt the chocolate in a water bath. To do this, put the chocolate broken into pieces into a cup, which is placed on a pan of boiling water. While stirring, bring the chocolate to complete dissolution. You can melt chocolate in the microwave.

16. Step 15:

    

    Apply the melted chocolate on each cookie, not reaching the edges. Wait until the chocolate has completely solidified.

17. Step 16:

    

    To prepare the glaze, sift the powdered sugar through a fine sieve.

18. Step 17:

    

    In a suitable bowl, lightly whisk the protein.

19. Step 18:

    

    Add powdered sugar, rub.

20. Step 19:

    

    Add a little lemon juice, continuing to mix the glaze. Adjust the thickness of the glaze by adding lemon juice and powdered sugar. If the glaze is too thick, add lemon juice. If liquid, add powdered sugar.

21. Step 20:

    

    Mix the glaze until the powdered sugar is completely dissolved. The glaze should be fluid so that it can be easily applied to the cookies.

22. Step 21:

    

    Cover the chocolate layer with icing. Leave some glaze, you'll need it later. Let the glaze dry a little.

23. Step 22:

    

    Use a toothpick to randomly scrape off part of the glaze in several places, imitating the pattern on the birch bark. Leave the cookies for a few minutes to harden the glaze a little.

24. Step 23:

    

    Apply the remaining glaze with bumps near the places that were made in step 21. Immediately sprinkle them with crumbs "oreo". Shake off the loose crumbs from the cookie by turning it upside down. Wait until the glaze is completely dry.

25. Step 24:

    

    Use the tip of a knife to make transverse dashes on the cookies. The Birch cookies are ready.

26. Step 25:

    

    Bon appetit!