Description
These cookies are very often prepared in Argentina. It is very delicate, due to the cheese base, and unusually fragrant, as it includes orange peel and cinnamon - a very unusual combination. And make it snappy...)
Ingredients
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Cheese
200 g
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Orange zest
1 piece
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Flour
2.5 cup
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Chicken egg
1 piece
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Sugar
1 cup
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Butter
100 g
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Vanilla sugar
1 tsp
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Cinnamon
0.5 tsp
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Leavening agent
1 tsp
Cooking
To remove the zest from a large orange.
Grind the zest in a blender.
Now mix 1 Cup flour with baking powder, vanilla sugar and cinnamon (mix the so-called dry ingredients).
With a mixer beat sugar with butter at room temperature and egg until smooth.
Add to the mixture the orange zest and again all beat.
Then in a bowl add curd to this mixture and mix well.
Now add to the flour and mix everything again.
On the working surface pour about a Cup of flour and spread the dough. Again knead the dough, look how much more was taken by the flour, and add more if necessary.
Here's a test piece I did.
Divide it in half.
Roll out with rolling pin to a thickness of 5 mm or cut cookie molds, or a special knife.
On a baking sheet vystelim the baking paper, lay out the biscuits and put into oven preheated to 200 degrees. on 15 minutes.
Remove cookies from oven and spread on a dish. If you want you can sprinkle with powdered sugar!
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