Perfect shortbread cookies for tea: do not crumble and baked quickly

To ensure that you always have something for tea at home, make shortbread cookies. The dough is simple and does not require long kneading. The dessert stays fresh for a long time.

The idea of making perfect shortbread cookies for tea is published on the nezliy_smakolyk Instagram page. Be sure to take butter at room temperature.

Ingredients:

• 83% butter - 140 g
• powdered sugar - 60 g
• egg yolk - 1 pc.
• wheat flour - 225 g

• baking powder - 1/4 tsp.
• vanilla extract or 10 g of vanilla sugar - 1 tsp.
• a pinch of salt

Method of preparation:

1. Grind room temprature butter with powdered sugar (regular sugar is not suitable).

2. Add the egg yolk (also room temperature), vanilla and salt.

3. Add flour in portions.

4. Stir until smooth (does not take too long).

5. Put it in the refrigerator for 20-30 minutes. It is important not to leave the dough there for too long as it will lose its elasticity.

6. Roll out the dough between two pieces of parchment.

7. Bake at 180 degrees (time depends on the thickness of the cookies and the power of the oven).

8. You can eat the cookies after cooling.