According to the ingredient composition, Chrysanthemum cookies are very similar to a sand treat. The main highlight is not the crumbly and at the same time soft structure, but the creation process, which consists in squeezing the “worms” of the dough from the meat grinder. It is she who is an essential attribute for making cookies.

Over the years of its existence, the Chrysanthemum cookies acquired several ways of embodiment, the most delicious of them will be described in the material.

Chrysanthemum Cookies - Classic Recipe

One of the traditional ingredient sets for Chrysanthemum cookies can be called:

  • 3 cups flour;
  • 250 g margarine;
  • 3 eggs;
  • a glass of sugar;
  • tsp baking powder.

The number of ingredients for the classic recipe is indicated in 12 servings, which is 415 kcal per 100 g.

Let's start the dough kneading:

  1. Cut the margarine into cubes, and then grind into crumbs with two glasses of flour.
  2. In the butter and flour crumbs we introduce eggs whipped with sugar.
  3. Now the time has come to add the rest of the flour: mix it with a baking powder, and only after that we interfere in the dough.
  4. Knead the dough until it becomes easy to move away from the hands. To achieve the desired result, you can send it to the refrigerator for half an hour.
  5. Before you start rolling the dough through a meat grinder, do not forget to prepare a baking sheet: we coat it with oil.
  6. Scrolling the dough, traditionally we leave one edge “for dissolution”, and squeeze the other. Thus, bringing the appearance closer to the shape of the flower.
  7. At 200 ° C, the Chrysanthemum cookies are baked in the oven for 30-40 minutes through a meat grinder. Time will depend on the size of the treat.

Sprinkle the finished biscuit with powder if desired and serve.

Tender pastries from childhood

Another simple recipe that will give a tasty treat with taste familiar from childhood.

To knead the dough for cookies "Chrysanthemum", prepare:

  • sugar - 200 g;
  • egg - 4;
  • margarine or spread - 300 g;
  • flour - 650-670 g;
  • soda, salt, vanillin - a pinch.

You can knead the dough on "Chrysanthemums" in various ways.

  1. Mix sugar, salt, soda together.
  2. Dissolve their crystals, whipping with eggs.
  3. We send there soft, slightly flooded (not leaked, but soft) margarine. Whisk.
  4. Gradually interfere with the flour - it is necessary to sift it, regardless of the manufacturer.
  5. We send the dough to the refrigerator: rest - 30 minutes is enough.
  6. After half an hour - divide the dough into portions and begin to scroll through the meat grinder.
  7. We form products and send them to the oven.
  8. Mode: 200 ° C, 30 minutes - and you can enjoy delicate pastries from childhood.

Baking has a pleasant crumbly structure of shortcrust pastry.

Through a meat grinder with cottage cheese

Chrysanthemum cookies from childhood were prepared not only on the basis of shortcrust pastry, but also from the curd mass. In this case, the cookies were less crumbly, while remaining tasty with a bright creamy finish.

What needs to be prepared?

  • 375 g of cottage cheese;
  • 300 g margarine;
  • 3 cups flour;
  • 3 tbsp. l Sahara;
  • 1/2 tsp salt and soda.

Proceed:

  1. Since we do not use any acid in the recipe to extinguish soda, we add cottage cheese for this: mix soda with cottage cheese.
  2. Next salt.
  3. Chop the butter and mix in the dough.
  4. We interfere with the flour portionwise.
  5. The resulting dough, scroll through the meat grinder.
  6. Put the “Chrysanthemums” on an oiled baking sheet.
  7. Bake at 160 ° C for 15 minutes.
  8. After the specified time, take out the baking sheet without turning off the oven, sprinkle cookies with sugar and again send to bake.

After 5 minutes, you can already enjoy the aroma of delicious cookies "Chrysanthemum" from childhood.

Tasty recipe:biscuit cookies

Cooking on sour cream

For 7 servings, take:

  • 1.5 cups flour;
  • 1/2 cup sugar;
  • Art. l sour cream;
  • egg;
  • butter - 125 g;
  • Art. l starch;
  • 1/4 tsp soda;
  • 1/2 tbsp vinegar
  • vanillin.

Consider the process of making dough for cookies "Chrysanthemum" through a meat grinder:

  1. Beat the eggs until the mass is whitened with sugar.
  2. Next we introduce sour cream and margarine.
  3. We extinguish a bite and send into a bowl with kneading dough.
  4. Sift the flour to saturate with oxygen along with starch and vanilla.
  5. We send this mixture to the ready-made mass: knead the plastic, supple dough.
  6. It should, without sticking, be well away from the hands. However, it is still necessary to keep it in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.
  7. During this time, preheat the oven to 200 ° C. At this temperature, the product will bake for 40 minutes.

Chrysanthemum cookies with mayonnaise

Of course, the mayonnaise base is a relic of the present, but, oddly enough, the baking turns out to be very tasty and fragrant.

For Chrysanthemum cookies, in addition to 250 g of mayonnaise, you will need:

  • 180 g margarine;
  • egg;
  • 4 cups flour;
  • 150 g of sugar;
  • 1/4 tsp soda;
  • a couple drops of lemon juice.

Knead the dough as follows:

  1. Knead soft margarine with a fork, mix with egg and mayonnaise.
  2. Following is slaked soda.
  3. The next ingredient in the line is sugar.
  4. Given the large mass of flour, we intervene for 4 times.
  5. We send the kneaded dough to the refrigerator: at this time we warm the oven to 200 ° C.
  6. When ready, scroll the dough through a meat grinder, giving the finished product the shape of a chrysanthemum.
  7. Estimated time 30 minutes - depends on the size of the "flowers".

Despite the presence of mayonnaise, the baking turns out to be magically delicious.

How to shape and bake cookies

"Chrysanthemum" is one of the few that requires strict adherence to form. Without it, it will become just tasty, sandy cookies.

 

Therefore, the process of forming and baking is important for this type of baking.

How is the formation:

  1. Separation into parts - the dough is mandatory for scrolling to divide into parts.Unused dough is stored in the refrigerator.
  2. Before scrolling the dough, grease the baking sheet with oil, and even better, line it with parchment.
  3. Pass the dough through a meat grinder, holding the hanging edge of the cookie with your hand.
  4. Having measured the necessary size of cookies by eye, cut off with a knife at the base of the meat grinder. The traditional length is 3-4 cm.
  5. We fluff one edge of the cookie and connect the other, thus giving the treat a characteristic shape.

The temperature regime depends on the ingredients included. Ready Chrysanthemum cookies through a meat grinder should be moderately browned and slightly increased in volume.

Useful tips and tricks

  • The dough for Chrysanthemums - what is it?

We’ll say with confidence what it should not be: elastic.

Yes pliable, but soft, but not elastic.

Cling to the hands also should not. In this case, we correct the situation with flour.

  • Which shape is convenient for scrolling?

To conveniently scroll the dough, we form a sausage from it.

  • The pace is very important.

The dough contains oil, so it is natural for it to lose its shape and so that the baking turns out to be appetizing, rather than a shapeless mass - be quick, but extremely accurate.

And, of course, the main advice - do not forget to nostalgic, tasting the cakes with the taste of childhood.

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