Shortbread cookies in vegetable oil

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make shortbread cookies in vegetable oil? Prepare the ingredients according to the list. Take refined, odorless vegetable oil. Be sure to wash the eggs before use. In a deep bowl or blender bowl with a mixer, whisk them with sugar, salt and a pinch of vanilla into a thick foam.

2. Step 2:

   

   In the absence of electrical assistants, you can use a conventional whisk, the only thing it will take more time.

3. Step 3:

   

   If you have been whipping the ingredients in a blender bowl, then pour the mixture into a deep bowl, because it will be difficult to continue kneading the dough in that container. Pour in the vegetable oil and mix the mass again. You can already use a simple whisk.

4. Step 4:

   

   Pour in small pieces of sifted wheat flour combined with baking powder. Wheat flour must be sifted, regardless of what kind of dough it is used for. Firstly, to remove various kinds of impurities from flour, and secondly, to saturate the product with oxygen. This will make the baking more lush and airy.

5. Step 5:

   

   Add flour in small portions, mixing the mass well each time. Be prepared for the fact that the flour may go both more and less than stated in the recipe. You will look at the consistency of the dough.

7. Step 6:

   

   When the dough becomes so thick that it becomes difficult to mix it with a spoon, put it on a floured work surface and continue kneading with your hands. Knead the dough until it becomes elastic and smooth.

8. Step 7:

   

   The dough turns out to be quite soft and sticky, since it is cooked not on butter, but on vegetable oil, it does not need to be cooled in the refrigerator. Roll out the dough into a layer about 0.5 cm thick . Sprinkle the table with flour so that the dough does not stick. With a glass or other cutting, cut out the cookie blanks from the dough. You can simply cut it into squares or lozenges.

9. Step 8:

   

   Place the cookie blanks on a greased or parchment-lined baking sheet. Send it to the oven, preheated to 180 degrees, for 20 minutes, but in general you need to focus on the work of your oven. It is not necessary to keep the cookies in the oven for a long time, as soon as they become ruddy, take them out.

10. Step 9:

    

    Cool the finished cookies a little, sprinkle with powdered sugar if desired, you can lubricate it with jam, jam. Serve the cookies on the table. Have a nice tea party!