Room for Dessert - Food Blog

Last weekend we were at my Mom’s - a chance to bake that I wouldn’t miss for the world! I asked Avi what he felt like eating, and as expected, he said “something salty”. I knew that my Mom would most definitely prefer a salty pastry as well, and so I went for it (Can you imagine how hard it is for a sweet tooth like me to be surrounded with people that sweets aren’t their favorite food?).

I remembered that a few weeks ago, I saw on Maya’s Romanian food blog, a picture of these beautiful salty cookies, that are very common in Romania. They reminded me of the same cookies that my Grandma used to make back then, and so I thought it would be a great opportunity to try them. I took the recipe from a Romanian food site, since on Maya’s post they were a part of a very big dinner she made for her birthday (Happy belated birthday, Maya!!), and a small part of the recipes weren’t there, including the one of these salty goodies.

It’s sooo easy to make them - no long kneading, no egg separating, almost nothing. 5-6 minutes and you got yourselves a beautiful dough that goes into the refrigerator for a while. Then all you need to do is roll it out and shape the cookies. Their taste is great! I really recommend using a cheese that has a strong taste - that will enrich the taste of the cookies. Unfortunately I didn’t have nigella, so I used sesame, but nigella would have taken these cookies even higher.

Romanian salty cookies / A Romanian website
Makes about 80 cookies of the size seen in the photos

Ingredients:
For the dough:
300 gr all-purpose flour
200 gr semi-hard cheese (yellow or white) with emphasized flavor
200 gr butter, soft
100 ml sour cream
2 eggs
salt

For finishing touches:
1 egg, beaten
sesame / nigella / caraway

Directions:
1. Knead all the dough ingredients just until a uniform dough is formed. Refrigerate for 90 mins, or overnight.
2. Preheat the oven to 356F.
3. Take out the dough of the refrigerator, roll it out to 0.2 inch width, brush with the beaten egg, and scatter sesame or nigella or caraway. Cut the dough into stripes with the length and width you prefer.
4. Arrange the cookies on a pan lined with baking sheet.
5. Bake for 12-15 mins or until golden.

עוגיות מלוחות רומניות / אתר אוכל רומני
עבור כ - 80 עוגיות בגודל הנראה בצילומים

רכיבים:
לבצק:
300 גרם קמח
200 גרם גבינה חצי קשה צהובה או מלוחה בעלת טעם מודגש (השתמשתי בקשקבל)
200 גרם חמאה רכה
100 מ”ל שמנת חמוצה
2 ביצים
מלח

להברשה ופיזור:
1 ביצה, טרופה
שומשום / קצח / קימל

הכנה:
1. לשים את כל רכיבי הבצק רק עד לקבלת בצק אחיד. מקררים למשך שעה וחצי או למשך לילה במקרר.
2. מחממים תנור ל - 180 מעלות.
3. מוציאים את הבצק מהמקרר ומרדדים אותו לעובי חצי ס”מ, מורחים בביצה, מפזרים שומשום או קצח או קימל וחותכים רצועות בעובי ובאורך הרצויים.
4. מסדרים את רצועות הבצק על תבנית התנור מרופדת בנייר אפיה.
5. אופים כ-12-15 דקות, או שעד העוגיות מזהיבות.

Tags: cheese, Cookies, Grandma's Kitchen

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