Shortcrust cookies from Sister Anastazja’s recipe, easy to make. Perfect for the holiday table

In addition to traditional dishes, the Christmas Eve table also includes sweets, which are especially loved by the youngest. This time we take a closer look at shortcrust cookies with a buttery flavor. Sister Anastazja shared her reliable recipe.

In many recipes for shortcrust pastry, we can see that wheat flour is used. A better choice is krupczatka flour. We can also add a small amount of potato flour. We will then obtain the perfect consistency of these sweets.

What ingredients do we need to make shortcrust cookies? ? Other list:

• 500 g of krupczatka flour;
• 240 g of chilled butter;
• 110 g of powdered sugar;
• 4 yolks;
• 4 tablespoons of sour cream;
• 3 tablespoons of vanilla sugar;
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder.

To make shortcrust cookies from Sister Anastazja’s recipe, for starters mix dry ingredients togetheri.e. flour, powdered sugar, vanilla sugar and baking powder. Then we pour them on the pastry board or on the kitchen counter and form a moundin which we make a recess.

Place the yolks into the well, pour in the cream and add the butter cut into cubes. We start chopping everything with a knife and then knead the dough by hand to create a uniform mass. We divide it into 3 balls and wrap each of them in foil and put them in the fridge for an hour.

After this time, sprinkle the pastry board or kitchen counter with flour, Place the first portion of dough and roll it out into a thin cake, 4-5 mm thick. Then we cut out cookies using cookie cutters of various shapes and place them on a baking tray previously lined with baking paper.

Combine the leftover dough, roll it out and cut out the cookies again. Bake them in the oven for 10-15 minutes until golden brown.

While baking prepare another batch of cookies from the remaining two balls. We repeat all actions.

The shortbread cookies are soft after being removed from the oven, but only later harden. We can store them in a tightly closed container for up to several weeks. Before serving, sprinkle the cookies with powdered sugar or decorate them with icing, which will be a lot of fun for children..