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Today a friend came to visit me and brought cookies, but unusual ones, they are made using brine, I once ate this as a child. I remember my mother in "difficult times" baked them. In general, I was flooded with nostalgia and decided to make this collection. Have you ever eaten such buns? If not, be sure to use these simple recipes, and already today you will have an awesome snack.
After all, these cookies are very tasty and special. The point here is precisely in the secret ingredient, which gives them this charm. It turns out friable and tender, it certainly melts in the mouth. In general, I recommend trying it and writing your impressions at the bottom of the article.
By the way, the brine is used at least, at least. Therefore, do not pour it out if you have left it from a snack, especially if you need to quickly create something on hastily. This idea is great and as simple as two and two. Be sure you will definitely like it. I even met options for making buns on this wonderful elixir).
If you are still against such cooking, then there are options on my blog that will not leave anyone behind.
I think that you have never had such a thing that you want something sweet, but right products no. It is this recipe that can help you out in difficult times. After all, all the ingredients are cheap. And it will turn out immediately at the same time two in one and quickly and tasty.
Advice. In addition, if you add something of your own, for example, raisins or prunes may be lying around in the kitchen, it will come out even better.
The other day we did with nuts, and carved animals with the boys and put a nut in their paws. What ideas do you have to turn an ordinary treat into something special?
We will need:
- cucumber pickle - 1 tbsp.
- granulated sugar - 1 tbsp.
- flour - 2.5-3 tbsp.
- refined vegetable oil - 2.5 tbsp
- baking soda - 0.5 tsp
Stages:
1. It is necessary to combine all the ingredients in a cup, for this, first pour the brine into it. Now add baking soda and stir with a fork. Then add granulated sugar, stir again. Add vegetable sunflower oil (if not, you can take olive oil), mix.
Add wheat flour in small parts and thus knead a dough that is not too thick.
Important! It should not stick to your hands, but do not hammer with flour, otherwise it will be too dry.
2. Here such a lump will turn out from ordinary and simple products. Cover it with cling film or a clean towel and let it rest for literally 20 minutes.
With a special mold or use, as in the old fashioned way, squeeze out the desired figures in a pile.
When all the flowers are ready, put them on a baking sheet greased with vegetable oil.
4. Put cookies in the oven when they stand and warm up to a temperature of 180 degrees. Bake at the same temperature until tender (about 20 minutes).
Advice! Those who like it hotter can hold for another 5 minutes.
4. And this is the result that will await you, fragrant and with an unusual salty-sweet taste. Pleasant discoveries and fun tea drinking with friends and family members.
Tomato brine cookies - a recipe with a description
The next option is no worse and no better than the previous one. But the taste of course will be different and the point here, of course, is in the brine itself. The sweeter it is, the baking will be like that, if the tomatoes are salty, then of course such a taste will be felt in the finished product. But, believe me, such a delicacy is eaten pretty quickly anyway.
Our family likes the brine from the tomato option more, but which one do you prefer? Write your feedback and comments below the note. I will be grateful and grateful.
We will need:
- pickled cucumber pickle
- olive oil or vegetable sunflower - 3.5 tbsp
- granulated sugar - 3.5-4 tbsp
- baking soda- 0.5 tsp
- flour - 245 g
Stages:
1. Prepare everything the right ingredients that you see above and knead the dough. Do not add flour all at once, but in parts so that lumps do not form.
Tip of the day! And to make the pastry more airy and fluffy, sift the flour through a sieve a couple of times before kneading.
2. After the dough is ready to work, roll it out on a silicone mat into a cake with a thickness of 0.5 mm - 0.7 mm and start getting up. Use hearts, Christmas trees and a month. Or maybe you have animals or cars. In general, cut out any shape.
If there are no such molds at all, then you can cut into squares with an ordinary knife or squeeze out circles with a glass.
4. Bake in the oven until golden brown at a temperature of 180 degrees. After, you can serve beautifully and you won’t even guess what).
5. Sprinkle with powdered sugar or cover with coconut flakes. Happy eating and delicious discoveries!
Video on how to make cucumber brine cookies
It is quite easy to prepare such delicacies and at the same time do not use special molds. Scoop out the batter onto a baking sheet using a regular tablespoon. You get cakes, which can then be dipped in or.
The ingredients you need are right at home. Take a look at the ingredients:
- any pickle from cucumbers or tomatoes - 2 tbsp.
- sugar - 1 tbsp.
- baking soda - 1 tsp
- vegetable oil - 2/3 tbsp.
- flour - 5.5 tbsp.
Classic Cookie Recipe with Vegetable Oil and Cucumber Pickle
One day I told my husband that I baked cookies in brine. To which he jokingly told me, yeah, and sweet and salvation from a hangover). It really won't help with a hangover. But as a savory snack or dessert for an afternoon snack - a great solution.
Moreover, this classic version will be without eggs, and in the post, many housewives choose it. So why don't you take advantage of it.
The dough turns out tender, but not crumbly, I would say soft, somewhat similar to the well-known gingerbread.
We will need:
- pickled cucumber pickle - 1 tbsp.
- sugar - 5-6 tbsp
- soda - 1 tsp
- vegetable oil - half a glass
- vanillin or cinnamon - 1 g
Stages:
1. Pour half a glass into a regular deep bowl vegetable oil without smell. Then pour in the cucumber pickle, add granulated sugar, soda and vanillin (cinnamon) for a fragrant note.
2. Mix all the ingredients and start adding gradually 2-3 tablespoons of flour, stir to make it elastic elastic dough. Roll it into a ball, cover with a napkin and let it lie down for 10-15 minutes.
4. Place sweets on a baking sheet and bake in the oven (temperature should be 180 degrees) for about 15-25 minutes. Depending on how you want to see the cookies at the exit, pale or fried. Eat for health!
Oatmeal brine cookies at home
The name itself speaks for itself. Yes, the addition of oatmeal will make this pastry even more interesting. And the recipe does not require you to have great culinary skills, and even special molds will not be needed. The treat is laid out on a baking sheet with a tablespoon, and then eaten after baking))). Kids quickly gobble it up with tea or milk.
This option does not contain soda, like the previous ones, but if it is not at hand, you can replace it with it and quench it in vinegar.
We will need:
- brine - 90 ml
- refined sunflower oil - 90 ml
- wheat flour of the highest grade - 1 tbsp.
- oat flakes- 1 tbsp.
- sugar - 0.5 tbsp.
- baking powder - 1 tsp
Stages:
1. Pour the right amount of vegetable oil into a deep container and immediately pour in the brine here.
3. Add wheat flour and knead the dough.
4. Then, using a tablespoon, form such lumps, place them on a baking sheet well greased with vegetable oil. Looks impressive already, doesn't it?
5. Insert the leaf into the oven, which is preheated to 180-200 degrees. Bake gourmets at the same temperature for 30-35 minutes until “rosy cheeks”. Bon Appetit!
Cookies in brine and margarine with coconut (lean recipe)
I would like to note that for fasting or losing weight, this recipe is a godsend. And besides, the author made two gourmets at once from this test - cookies and muffins. And coconut flakes are added for an original taste and you can also cook without it.
We will need:
- cucumber brine from salted cucumbers— 250 ml
- sugar - 1 tbsp.
- coconut flakes - 45 g 1 sachet
- flour - 4 tbsp. for cookies, but if you bake muffins, then take 3 tbsp.
- vegetable oil - 250 ml
- soda slaked with vinegar - 0.5 tsp
Stages:
1. To start, mix sugar, brine and butter in a bowl, mix. Add slaked soda with coconut flakes and add flour. Stir until smooth.
Interesting! For cookies, the dough will be more abrupt, so take 4 tbsp. flour, and for muffins it is made softer (3 tablespoons is enough).
Cool idea! Instead of shredded coconut, you can use other foods, such as candied fruit or raisins, dried apricots in pieces, or lemon zest. Variety will never be superfluous in your menu).
2. Fill cupcake liners halfway or better 2/3 full with batter. Bake for 25-30 minutes at 185 degrees.
But to get a bunch of cookies, you need from common test tear off a piece and crumple it into a ball, and then press it. And using an apple cutter, squeeze out the pattern.
3. Place the blanks on a baking sheet and bake until golden brown for 15 minutes, make the temperature slightly higher than for muffins 200 degrees.
4. Serve in a good mood and serve on a common plate so that everyone can take as much as they want. Pleasant impressions!
Delicious cookies with cucumber pickle and semolina
Some friends are chasing the other way around to bake sweets without margarine and eggs, but now I want to take and demonstrate a different interpretation. You won’t believe you can add semolina to this recipe. It will turn out interesting too.
In addition, this dessert is somewhat reminiscent of the taste of crackers. In general, if I confused you a lot, and you still don’t understand how it turns out, then it’s better to do it yourself.
We will need:
- Cucumber sweet-salty pickle - 0.5 tbsp.
- Flour - 1 tbsp.
- Vegetable oil - 2 tbsp
- Soda - 1 tsp
- Semolina - 0.5 tbsp.
- Sugar - 2 tbsp
Stages:
1. Dissolve granulated sugar with cucumber brine, then pour in vegetable oil. Then add semolina and, of course, flour and soda, sifted well through a sieve.
2. Knead the dough first with a spoon in a bowl, and then on the table. You will get a ball, which let lie down for 15 minutes under a towel.
After the required time has elapsed, roll it into 2-3 layers and squeeze round blanks 5-7 mm thick on it.
3. Put the gingerbread cookies on the surface of the baking sheet, and preferably on parchment paper. Sprinkle with sugar. Bake in the oven for 15 minutes, set the temperature to 200 degrees.
4. These are the "tanned people" turned out. From the heat, from the heat, from the oven and blush, hot!
5. I hope you successfully completed this culinary task and your golden gingerbread cookies were a success. The guests are crazy, and so are you. Bon Appetit!
Biscuits for the poor in brine
And in this recipe I propose to combine everything that was added earlier, coconut flakes and oatmeal. Of course, you can use any other recipe from this collection and classify it as such. But, in order not to repeat myself, I will show another.
Gourmets are quite crumbly and soft at the same time. You should definitely try.
We will need:
- Pickled cucumber pickle - half a glass
- Wheat flour - 0.75 tbsp.
- Oatmeal flour (you can grind cereal, a glass with a slide) - 1.2 tbsp.
- Sugar - half a glass
- Cinnamon - 1/4 tsp
- Vegetable oil - 1/4 tbsp.
- Coconut flakes, it is better to take more - half a glass
- Soda - 1/2 tsp
Stages:
1. Pour the brine into a bowl and add granulated sugar, mix. Add soda and cinnamon.
2. Then add coconut flakes and flour. Mix well with a tablespoon.
4. And then let the sweets cool, remove from the pan and call everyone for a tasting. Bon Appetit!
I hope all the brine cookie recipes presented have intrigued you. And you will certainly choose at least one and enchant everyone. Thank you all for your attention, visit the blog more often.
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From cucumbers, or tomatoes, everything is usually baked in winter. This is the time when Lent comes for some and they need lean pastries, and for everyone else it’s just a pity to pour out the brine that remains in jars from spins with tomatoes and cucumbers. And then diligent hostesses take out family notebooks with recipes, or run to the computer to find a rare cookie recipe. Yes, yes, with brine you can cook not only pickle, or hodgepodge, but also dough for, or, like ours, cookies in brine.
There are a lot of brine cookie recipes on the Internet at first glance. But, if you look closely, they all look like a recipe from an old notebook. Brine, butter and sugar are taken in a ratio of 1:1:1, baking powder, or soda, and flour are added. Yes, and you can also add zest to the dough, or vanillin, chopped nuts, poppy seeds, raisins.
If the cookies are rolled out thinner, they will turn out slightly crispy, but not hard, crumbly. Well, if the thickness is more than 5mm, the cookies will be soft. Biscuits in brine keep their shape remarkably, do not “float” during baking, rise well. Cookies can be baked from both cucumber brine and tomato brine, there will be no tangible difference.
Ingredients
- 1 st.
- 1 st.
- 1 st.
- ½ tsp soda
- 4.5 - 5 tbsp.
- 3 art. l
- ¼ tsp vanilla
Measuring cup - 200ml
Yield: 3 large cookie sheets (~90 pieces)
Recipe: Cookies in brine
1. Combine brine, sugar, butter in a bowl, mix well with a whisk. The sugar should almost completely dissolve.
2. Pour 3 cups of flour, soda, vanillin and poppy seeds into this liquid. Knead the dough with a whisk.
3. Add another 1-1.5 cups of flour and knead, already with your hands, a soft, non-sticky dough.
4. Lightly sprinkle the table with flour and roll out the dough 5mm thick. If you roll out thicker, the cookies will be soft.
5. Cut out cookies with a cookie cutter. Break up the dough scraps and roll out again.
6. Lay out the cookies on a baking sheet. It can be laid out quite tightly, it does not float and does not stick together during baking.
The basis for the preparation of crumbly and crispy pastries for tea can be not only sour cream, mayonnaise or cottage cheese. Many housewives successfully bake cookies in brine from cucumbers or other vegetables, delighting the household unusually. delicious dessert. This simple recipe was popular with our grandmothers, mothers in the era of food shortages. Such lean cookies it turns out crispy, golden, remains soft for a long time. It is prepared in just 20 minutes without any extra effort.
Brine cookie dough
cook homemade cookies from brine is easy, the minimum products are required. Additionally, you only need Wheat flour, unrefined sunflower oil, sugar, soda. Salt is not added, it contains liquid. Cookie brine dough is prepared immediately, the ingredients are mixed until a viscous mass is obtained. Tomato and cucumber brine recipes differ slightly in composition, the choice depends on the products available at home.
from cucumbers
Lenten cookies, where cucumber pickle will be based, will appeal to everyone who loves crispy homemade cakes with unusual taste. It turns out sweet, crumbly, remains soft for a long time. You can cook it with the children, after kneading the components. If the liquid is not very salty, it is recommended to add 200 ml, but then a little more flour will be required. Molds are used for modeling, but many simply roll out balls, cut out the same circles with a cup.
- liquid left over from pickles - 150 ml;
- sugar - 1 cup;
- sunflower oil (unrefined) - 0.5 cups;
- wheat flour - 3 cups;
- soda - 1 teaspoon.
From a tomato
The recipe for brine cookies from tomatoes is easy to prepare. Baking is crispy, golden, like adults and children. It is considered lean: there are no eggs in the dough, butter, sour cream. However, the taste of homemade treats is not inferior sweet buns. Plus, it only takes 10 minutes to bake. It is advisable to strain the liquid remaining from the salted tomatoes through a sieve before use.
Ingredients needed for baking:
- liquid left over from salted tomatoes - 200 ml;
- sugar - ¾ cup;
- vegetable oil - 100 ml;
- wheat flour - 3-4 cups;
- soda or baking powder - 1 teaspoon.
Lenten Cookie Recipe
You can cook lean cookies at any time, taking small children as assistants. They can be entrusted with cutting out circles, figures with molds. To make brine baked goods golden in color, it is recommended to brush the top with beaten egg yolk before baking. If desired, chopped nuts, raisins, coconut flakes are added, but even without these ingredients, the taste is amazing.
- We combine cucumber or tomato liquid (glass), vegetable oil, granulated sugar, soda. Mix until smooth with a mixer.
- Sift the flour, add it to the mixed ingredients. Knead the elastic mass so that it does not stick to the hands. If necessary, add a little flour over the recipe.
- We cut the dough, roll out the balls from the pieces, cut out the figures with molds.
- Lubricate the preheated mold with oil. We recommend lining the bottom of the pan with parchment paper. The distance between the balls should be 4-5 cm. We make the layer 3-4 mm thick so that it bakes well.
- Preheat the oven, setting the temperature to 200 degrees. We put a baking sheet, wait 10-12 minutes. Readiness is determined by the golden top.
Video: Brine cookies, simple and tasty
It is very easy to cook such homemade cakes on a day off by opening a jar of pickles (tomatoes, cucumbers). Households will appreciate original taste and delicious flavor. The advantage of the recipe is its simplicity, fast cooking time, besides necessary products always available at home for any hostess. To complete the picture, watch the video, where the whole process is laid out on the shelves.
Optionally, instead of cucumber, you can take pickle from tomatoes or sauerkraut. It does not matter. The main thing is to knead the dough well, then the cookies will turn out very tasty.
Ingredients:
Cucumber pickle - 1 tbsp.;
vegetable oil - 1 tbsp.;
sugar - 150 g;
flour - 4 tbsp.;
soda - 1 tsp
Cooking:
1. First, mix the brine with sugar until the grains are completely dissolved. Then add soda and pour in vegetable oil, mix everything well again.
2. The last ingredient remains - flour. We also pour it in parts into the total mass, after sifting through a sieve to avoid the appearance of lumps. At the end you should have a thick dough.
3. Ready dough wrap with cling film and refrigerate for 20 minutes to make it easier to roll out. After the time has passed, we take out the dough and divide it into several parts, after which we roll each of them.
4. The ideal dough thickness is 5-8 mm. When it is rolled out to such an extent, we begin to give it a shape. You can just take a glass and make round cookies, or you can take baking molds and use them to make curly cookies. And you can make long cookies, as shown in the photo below.
5. We cover the baking sheet with parchment paper, put the future cookies on it and send it to the oven, heated to 180 degrees, for 15 minutes.
6. Delicious cucumber brine cookies are ready.
Note! It is not necessary to extinguish the soda, since the brine can perfectly cope with this task.
Biscuits in brine with semolina
If you add semolina to all the ingredients listed in the previous recipe, then the cookies will be even more tender and tasty. In addition, with the appearance of semolina in the list of ingredients, cookies become less harmful.
Ingredients:
Cucumber pickle - 1 tbsp.;
granulated sugar - 4 tbsp. l.;
wheat flour - 2 tbsp.;
semolina- 1 tbsp.;
sunflower oil - 0.5 tbsp.;
baking soda - 1 tsp;
vanilla sugar - optional.
Cooking:
1. First of all, mix the cucumber pickle with sunflower oil, add sugar there and mix everything. Then add in turn semolina, sifted flour and, if desired, a little vanilla sugar. In conclusion, add quick soda.
2. Mix all the ingredients well together, and the dough is ready. Now he needs to be allowed to cool in the refrigerator for 15-20 minutes and can be rolled out. Sprinkle the table and rolling pin with flour or simply roll out the dough through cling film.
3. Cut out cookies of different shapes using special molds or give them a round shape with a glass.
4. Grease a baking sheet with sunflower oil or cover it with parchment paper, put cookies on it. We send it to the oven, heated to 200 degrees, for 20-25 minutes.
5. Transfer the cookies to cool on a special rack. Very delicious cookies brine is ready!
Advice! It is best to take refined vegetable oil, as it is less greasy and most suitable for delicate baking.
Healthy brine cookies
If you stick proper nutrition but want to treat yourself to something delicious, this recipe with a photo will help you. It contains all the harmful ingredients from classic recipe replaced with their healthier alternatives so you can try this recipe without worrying about your health.
Ingredients:
Cucumber pickle - 100 ml;
olive oil - 2 tbsp. l.;
oat bran - 150 g;
soda - 0.5 tsp;
wheat flour - 2 tbsp. l.;
brown sugar - 2 tbsp. l.;
Apple vinegar- 1 tsp;
raisins, goji berries and sesame - 2 tbsp. l. (optional);
vegetable oil.
Cooking:
1. At first glance, cooking seems complicated due to the large number of different ingredients, but in fact, baking such healthy cookies pretty easy. First, mix the brine with olive oil.
2. We measure the required amount of bran and pour them with brine mixed with olive oil, let it brew for 5 minutes.
3. Add brown sugar to the bran (you can do without it).
4. We extinguish the soda and add it to the dough. Add sesame seeds, raisins or goji berries if desired. They will give the cookies a brighter and more interesting taste.
5. Add flour. If the amount indicated in the ingredients is not enough, and the dough sticks to your hands, add a little more flour. Mix all ingredients thoroughly.
6. We roll balls from the dough, flatten them and we can assume that the cookies are almost ready.
7. We cover the baking sheet with parchment, grease it with a small amount of vegetable oil and lay out cookies on it.
8. We send a baking sheet with cookies to the oven for 25 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees.
9. Cool and serve cookies on the table. It turns out very similar to the classic oatmeal cookies, but in this version the dough is more tender and light. Bon Appetit!
Each of the recipes described above is delicious and special in its own way. But we recommend that you try the dietary version of brine cookies, as it will forever dispel doubts that healthy food cannot be delicious.
