Turn on the oven, meanwhile prepare the dough. For this you need: flour, sugar, vanilla sugar, butter or margarine, sour cream, raisins (pre-washed, dry), soda, brandy and eggs.

Softened butter (room temperature, I have margarine) mix with sugar and vanilla sugar.

One at a time add 2 eggs (whisking), 2 tbsp sour cream, 1 tablespoon of cognac, raisins.

Add the sifted flour with soda and knead the dough. The dough is soft, slightly stick to hands. To let it sit 5 min before cutting

From the test molded Poleshko. The thickness of the dough 1.5 cm (if thinner, will dry). You can tear off a piece of dough, making an oblong sausage. Can be formed into a sausage and cut into her pieces.

Poleshko put on a baking tray with baking paper. Beat 1 egg yolk with 1 tsp. sour cream and grease cookies. Bake in the oven at a temperature of 170-180 degrees. After 25-30 min. the biscuits are ready. The aroma is amazing!!!

Help yourself!! Cooking tips: 1. butter (margarine) should be at room temperature. In any case do not heat (e.g. in a microwave). 2. sugar can be put less, for example, 1/2 stack. 3. the cognac is optional, but it imparts a wonderful aroma of the liver 4. anyone have weights: flour 2 full heaped Cup (250 ml) 5. when kneading additionally, you can add MORE than 1 tbsp of flour, of course, depends on the quality of flour. The main thing that it not was very cool. 6. baking in the oven put a bowl of hot water (so it doesn't stick biscuits - this rule applies to only products and yeast dough) 7. readiness biscuit check wooden skewer (match): pierce cookies, if the stick is dry, then finish. Still possible after 20 min. from the beginning of the baking with a knife to cut off the corner of cookies - the incision will be visible, whether cooked dough. It is very important not to overdo cookies in the oven, then it will be nice one day.