Easy Curd Shortbread Dough for Versatile Baking

Simple, from affordable products. For perfect baked goods. Curd shortbread dough is very easy to prepare. You can make cookies out of it by sprinkling it with a mixture of sugar and lemon zest, crushed nuts or cinnamon. It is also suitable for pies with any filling.
cook time: 1h
Hazel Farrow
Easy Curd Shortbread Dough for Versatile Baking

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

340
Calories
17g
Fat
31g
Carbs
12g
Protein

Ingredients (10 portions)

Basic:

Wheat flour 600 g
Salt (a pinch of salt) 0.2 tsp
Butter 200 g
Baking powder (heaped teaspoon) 1 tsp
Cottage cheese 500 g

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make curd shortbread dough? Prepare all the necessary ingredients. Combine butter and cottage cheese in one bowl. The butter must first be removed from the refrigerator and allowed to sit at room temperature until it softens. If the cottage cheese is grainy, rub through a sieve or punch with a submersible blender. You will learn all the subtleties of choosing cottage cheese and preparing shortcrust pastry by reading the articles at the end of the recipe.

Step 2

Step 2
Sift the flour with baking powder, add a pinch of salt and mix. How and when you can replace baking powder in the dough, read a separate article at the end of this recipe.

Step 3

Step 3
Mash the cottage cheese and butter well into a plastic mass.

Step 4

Step 4
Start kneading with a fork and then continue with your hands.

Step 5

Step 5
Start adding the flour mixture to the curd and butter mixture and knead the dough. You may need a little less or more flour, check the consistency. Read more about the properties of flour in the article below the steps.

Step 6

Step 6
Form a ball of curd-sand dough and place it in the refrigerator for 40 minutes, while covering it with cling film.

Step 7

Step 7
Remove the chilled dough from the refrigerator, place it on a floured table and begin shaping the products.

Step 8

Step 8
Before rolling, divide the dough into 2 or 3 parts and roll them out separately. This will make it easier to work with the test.

Step 9

Step 9
It is best to prepare cookies or a pie with filling from chilled curd-shortbread dough, rolling out the dough with a rolling pin to the desired thickness. For example, for “Houndstooth” or “Handkerchief” cookies, you need to roll out thinly, about 2 mm.

Step 10

Step 10
Cut out circles from the rolled out dough.

Step 11

Step 11
Dip one side of the circles into sugar and fold 4 times to form triangles.

Step 12

Step 12
From the open edge on each triangle you can make an incision, forming a “foot”.

Step 13

Step 13
Place the dough products on a greased baking sheet.

Step 14

Step 14
The baking time for cookies from classic curd and shortbread dough in the oven at 180 degrees is 25-30 minutes. Times are approximate. Always focus on the operating features of your oven.

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