A simple sugar short dough is known for its extraordinary plasticity, its ability to maintain its shape well, and therefore it can not be formed easily, especially since the design of the buttons is incredibly simple. On how to make cookies in the form of buttons read in the recipes further.
Cookies «Buttons» - for 10 minutes
Cookies in the form of buttons will not require you to have special confectionery talents, and time will not take much, because the design is simple, and the baking will take only about 10 minutes.
Ingredients:
- butter - 125 g;
- egg yolks - 2 pieces;
- flour - 240 g;
- granulated sugar - 95 g;
- ground cinnamon - 1 teaspoon;
- a peel of one lemon.
Preparation
Soft butter add sugar, cinnamon and zest of citrus (lemon, lime, orange). Whisk the butter until a lush and soft cream forms, pour a couple of egg yolks into the cream and mix everything again. Separately, pass through the sieve flour, and then pour it on the cream mass, grinding the last spoon. Despite the fact that the dough turns out to be rather dense, it still easily clings to the surface, and therefore before rolling it is better to hold it in the freezer for at least 15 minutes. Roll the short pastry into a thin layer, with the help of round cutting or a glass cut it into buttons. With a glass or a smaller cut, make small grooves in the biscuit so that the characteristic edge for the buttons looms. Tube or chopstick in the center of the four through holes.
Warm the oven to 175 degrees, place in it a baking tray with "Button" cookies for 10 minutes or until it glows with a blush.
Chocolate biscuits «Buttons» - recipe
Ingredients:
- cream - 60 ml;
- bitter chocolate - 115 g;
- butter - 220 g;
- granulated sugar - 135 g;
- baking powder - 1 teaspoon;
- egg - 1 piece;
- flour - 290 g;
- cocoa powder - 55 g.
Preparation
We combine dry ingredients in the form of flour, cocoa and baking powder together. Whisk butter until the creamy consistency with sugar and eggs. Add the dry mixture to the beaten butter, and the resulting dough is cooled to make it easier to roll out.
Roll out the dough, cut it into slices, in the center make 4 holes and place the shortbread cookie "Buttons" in the oven for half an hour at a temperature of 175 degrees. Fill the chocolate with hot cream, and with the resulting ganache we lubricate each of the buttons and cover the second one.