Crumbly shortbread dough for sweet pastries

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 30 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make crumbly shortbread dough for sweet pastries? Prepare all the necessary ingredients. Everything should be at room temperature. Read about the intricacies of making shortcrust pastry at the link in the article at the end of this recipe.

2. STEP 2

   

   Place the warm butter in a deep bowl suitable for mixing ingredients. Add sugar and beat until fluffy and homogeneous with a mixer for 5 - 7 minutes at low speed. For shortbread dough, the better the butter is whipped, the less flour is used and the dough is not clogged, not hard, but more crumbly and tender.

3. STEP 3

   

   Continuing to beat, add a pinch of salt, add the yolks one at a time, stirring thoroughly after each. And if desired, add vanillin or zest (depending on what filling the baked goods will be with). Beat the mixture until white.

4. STEP 4

   

   Mix baking powder with flour and sift into the mixture. Add flour in parts, remember that you may need a little less or more, depending on its properties. Focus on the consistency of the dough. Read more about flour and baking powder in articles on this topic. Links are at the end of this recipe.

5. STEP 5

   

   Knead the crumbly shortbread pie or cookie dough with a silicone spatula.

6. STEP 6

   

   When it comes together into a ball, continue kneading on the table. The dough does not stick to your hands, but if it is a little liquid, sprinkle 20g of flour and knead quickly, it will be almost homogeneous and soft. Shortbread dough does not like long kneading, because... In this case, the products will turn out tough. The finished dough should not stick to your hands, but it should not be clogged with flour.

7. STEP 7

   

   The dough can be put into a bag and cooled for 30 - 40 minutes, or it can be used immediately. If I'm making a pie, I put it in a mold, forming a side, and then put the mold in the cold while I prepare the filling. If for cookies, then roll out the dough to a thickness of 4 - 6 mm. Bake at 180 degrees in a preheated oven. The pie with filling is baked for about an hour, and the cookies for about 15 minutes. For those who cannot work with soft dough or are not used to it, cool it, and then cook what you have in mind.

Comments on the recipe

Olya-yaya

17.08.2023

5

Nice recipe, thanks. I also know shortbread dough in this version - with sour cream and butter.

Asya

17.08.2023

4.9

Thank you so much for this shortcrust pastry recipe! My cherry pie turned out so delicious that I barely had time to take a photo before it was eaten. I definitely recommend the recipe.

Lyudmila

17.08.2023

4.7

Svetochka! Great recipe! I really like grated pie with black currants from shortcrust pastry! In winter from jam! How delicious it is!!! Always goes with a bang!!!

BLUE-EYED

17.08.2023

4.7

Thank you Lyudmila! We also like to have tea, cook for your health!

Alexander

17.08.2023

5

Thank you very much for the recipe, I made sochniki and the dough turned out very tasty.