Leningrad homemade cookies

Classic original sugar cookies according to GOST. Cookies are simple in their composition, but original in the way of preparation and appearance. Just one step difference in the preparation of this cookie from other simple ones and you will get a beautiful craquelure crust from this fragrant sugar cookie.

Anna

The author of the recipe

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Eggs

Powdered sugar

210

Flour

225

Lemons (only lemon zest about 30 gr is needed)

Sugar

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 11 % 7 g

Fats 5 % 3 g

Carbohydrates 84 % 52 g

255 kcal

GI: 2 / 0 / 98

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 2 h 20 min

Step 1:
Prepare the specified products for cookies. Wheat flour, pre-sift it. Chicken eggs, according to the GOST recipe, it is recommended to take them from 1. All you need from a lemon is the zest. To prepare cookies, also prepare a mixer, a pastry bag, a baking tray for baking cookies.
Step 2:
In a deep bowl, break the raw chicken eggs, add powdered sugar. Mix the powdered sugar and eggs with a spoon. Instead of powdered sugar, you can take fine granulated sugar, but you will need to make sure that it completely dissolves when kneading the dough.
Step 3:
Then take a mixer and beat the eggs with powdered sugar until the volume increases 2-3 times. This may take 10 to 20 minutes. As a result, you should get a thick white mass.
Step 4:
Wash the lemon very thoroughly with water (you can use special means for washing fruits) and dry it with a towel. Grate the lemon zest with a fine grater and add to the dough. Add the sifted wheat flour to the dough.
Step 5:
With a mixer, stir the dough until all the ingredients are combined. The dough should turn out homogeneous and thick.
Step 6:
Put the dough in a pastry bag and cut off the tip no more than 1 cm. Grease the baking sheet with vegetable oil or cover with baking paper. Remove the dough from the pastry bag, leaving a space between the cookies 1.5 - 2 centimeters.
Step 7:
Sprinkle each cookie with sugar. Remove the baking tray with cookies in a warm, dry place for 2 hours (I put it in the oven with the light bulb only on).
Step 8:
During this time, a thin brittle crust forms on the surface of the cookies. Turn on the oven to preheat 180 degrees (without cookies). When it warms up, put the baking sheet in the oven for 5-6 minutes.
Step 9:
Remove the finished cookies from the oven and cool. Serve the finished cookies with a glass of milk, tea or coffee. The cookies turn out to be very tasty sweet with a clear lemon flavor, and thanks to their appearance, they are very original and festive. I recommend it!

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Be prepared for the fact that flour may require a little more or, conversely, less than indicated in the recipe. You need to focus on how the dough should turn out (dense, soft, liquid, etc.). There is a lot of useful information about why flour, even of the same variety, can have completely different properties, read this article .

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 turn out successfully, use useful information in the article about ovens here .