Cottage cheese bagels with nut filling

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   To start, prepare the dough. We will have it shortbread with the addition of cottage cheese. I knead with a combine, it saves a lot of time, but the dough can be prepared manually, only there are a few rules. All products for the dough should be cold, you need to knead very quickly, so that the oil does not have time to warm up from the warmth of the hands and does not start to melt, it is very convenient to hold your hands under cold water before kneading the dough

2. Step 2:

   

   So, let's get started, sift the flour with baking powder, a pinch of salt and powdered sugar (you can safely increase or decrease its amount, or you can exclude it altogether if the filling is very sweet, and ready-made bagels can be sprinkled with powdered sugar). Add cold butter cut into small cubes

3. Step 3:

   

   And rub into fine crumbs (do not forget, we act very quickly)

4. Step 4:

   

   Now add cottage cheese

5. Step 5:

   

   We mix everything again carefully, but quickly, add the yolk and collect the dough in a lump, if there is very little liquid, then you can add a little cold water (start adding it with 1 tbsp. l.)

6. Step 6:

   

   We do not knead the finished dough, it is important for us to just collect it in more-a less homogeneous lump. We put the dough in a bag and send it to the refrigerator for 30 minutes (it can be longer, the main thing is not less)

7. Step 7:

   

   Now let's do the filling

8. Step 8:

   

   Chop nuts

10. Step 9:

    

    To do this, we put the nuts in a strong bag and grind them with a rolling pin

11. Step 10:

    

    Next, mix the chopped nuts, sugar and egg white

12. Step 11:

    

    Mixed and everything is ready

13. Step 12:

    

    Divide the cooled dough into 4 parts (for small bagels, if you want large bagels, then divide into 3 or 2 parts)

14. Step 13:

    

    We roll out each part into a circle, divide it into segments

15. Step 14:

    

    We put the filling on each segment

16. Step 15:

    

    And roll up into a bagel

17. Step 16:

    

    Bake in a preheated oven to 190C, about 15-20 minutes (depending on the size) or until browned. Let it cool down and serve with tea or coffee, or milk. Bon appetit!