Kitchen appliances and utensils:
- deep mixing bowl;
- mixer;
- scapula;
- sieve for sifting flour;
- cooking bag (you can use a spoon);
- a baking sheet;
- baking paper;
- oven.
Ingredients
Product | amount |
Premium flour | 210 g |
Powdered sugar | 200 g |
Chicken egg (large) | 3 pcs. |
Vanilla sugar | 1 tsp |
Sugar (for sprinkling) | 70 g |
Step cooking
- First you need to cook melange. Melange is a mixture of egg whites and yolks. According to the recipe, such a mixture should turn out to be 160 g. This is approximately 3.5 eggs of normal size or 3 pcs. large chicken eggs. To do this, break the eggs into a deep bowl and begin to beat with a mixer at low speed.
- Gradually introduce powdered sugar and vanilla sugar. Beat for 10-15 minutes, starting with a low speed mixer and gradually increasing them.
- The resulting mass should increase by 2-2.5 times.
- Next, sift the flour directly into the bowl and gently mix with a spatula.
- You need to mix until smooth. The dough is thick.
- We shift the dough into a cooking bag to set it off. The bag can be used with or without curly nozzles. If there is no bag, you can use a teaspoon.
- We cover the baking sheet with baking paper and place the dough for future cookies on it, making small intervals, spread it out not thickly and in no case end-to-end.
- Sprinkle generously with sugar on top. Leave for 2 hours.
- After the crust has formed on the cookies, set the oven preheated to 180 degrees for about 10-15 minutes. Once the cookies have browned, you can remove them.
- When the cookies have cooled, you can enjoy a very airy, crispy treat that melts in your mouth like meringue.
Useful Tips
- If you want to make cookies more unusual and piquant, you can add a little cinnamon to the dough.
- To prepare this dessert, it is not necessary to have a pastry bag. Of course, cookies will look neater with him, but you can also spread the dough with a teaspoon or use a large volume syringe.
- This delicacy goes well with tea, coffee and even milk.
- To reduce the calorie content of cookies, you can not sprinkle sugar on top of it. Instead, you can use sesame seeds or flax.
- To diversify the taste, you can pour Leningrad cookies on top with jam, syrup, condensed milk, honey, custard or even sour cream.
- Also, add-ons can be served separately and dip cookies in them already at the table.
Video recipe
In this video you will find a detailed recipe for Leningrad cookies, which is now completely unfairly forgotten by most housewives. The author offers his own version of the preparation of delicious and crunchy goodies. This dessert is perfect for a friendly and family tea party.