The most delicate cookies with walnuts
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The health benefits of nuts are invaluable. Most home cooks strive to add nuts to all their culinary creations. Walnut cookies (pictured) – an ideal option for breakfast. It is quite high in calories, but according to nutritionists, all the most caloric foods can be eaten before noon.
So, eating nut cookies in the morning won't harm your figure, but you'll get plenty of vitamins, microelements, and plant-based protein, which nuts are so rich in. Treat yourself to a dessert like nut cookies (photo) more often, and your body will thank you!
There are so many ways to make this delicacy! The recipe calls for adding dried apricots, prunes, raisins, cinnamon, and chocolate to the walnut cookies (pictured). You can also experiment with the nuts themselves – instead of walnuts, use peanuts, hazelnuts, almonds, cashews, pistachios, pine nuts, or Brazil nuts. Walnut cookies, like the ones in the photo, are tender and flavorful, yet very filling. Just a few as a snack will keep your hunger at bay for a long time.
About the benefits of walnuts
Walnuts (photo) are a common part of our lives. They're added to many baked goods and confectionery products—cakes, pies, cookies, ice cream. Why is it so important to eat them regularly?
Walnuts contain large amounts of omega-3,6,9 fatty acids. They help our hearts cope with stress, cleanse blood vessels, have antioxidant properties, and slow the aging process. These acids are also essential for maintaining normal brain function. It's no wonder that walnuts even resemble the human brain in appearance!
Walnuts contain vitamin E, vitamin A, B vitamins, thiamine, and folic acid. These nutrients are essential for all women to maintain attractiveness and health. Walnuts also promote sound sleep and a positive mood.
Peculiarities of making nut cookies
These delicate walnut shortbread cookies (photo) will be a wonderful addition to teatime in your cozy kitchen. But to ensure your family is delighted, there are a few things you need to know:
- Walnuts should be thoroughly peeled and finely chopped. The recipe allows for finer nut pieces depending on your preference—some prefer larger pieces, others smaller.
- The dough used to bake nut cookies should contain a lot of sugar and butter;
- The flour you add to the dough should contain as little gluten as possible. If it's too gluten-rich, the dough will be less elastic, and the nut cookies will break apart;
- It is essential to sift the flour;
- To make the dough more flexible, the recipe allows you to replace the eggs with water, but this will affect the taste of the cookies;
- To ensure the nut cookies (photo) turn out soft, the recipe recommends kneading the dough as quickly as possible – literally in a couple of minutes;
- The dough should be rolled out to a thickness of no more than 10 mm. If it's thicker, it won't bake through.
Baking shortbread nut cookies
The recipe for these nutty cookies (photo) is surprisingly simple. You can even involve the kids in the making—you'll all have a blast cutting out the dough into shapes.
We will need:
- 0.5 kilograms of flour;
- 300 grams of butter;
- 3 egg yolks;
- 1 cup chopped walnuts;
- 1 cup of sugar;
- A pinch of salt;
- Half a teaspoon of soda.
Cooking steps
- Mix flour and soda, form a mound, in the middle of which we make a small depression;
- Cream the butter with sugar, salt, and egg yolks. Pour the resulting mixture into the well;
- Mix the mixture very quickly, knead the dough, and form it into a ball. The recipe recommends refrigerating the dough for half an hour;
- After the dough has rested, roll it out into a large sheet. You can begin cutting out shapes using special molds or a knife. The recipe even allows you to use a regular glass;
- Place the cookies on a greased baking sheet and sprinkle with walnuts. The recipe recommends brushing the surface of the cookies with egg yolks before sprinkling.
- Bake this healthy treat at 250°C. The recipe says the cookies are ready when they're golden brown.
These delicious nut cookies (photo) are ready. It's time to brew some aromatic, strong tea and invite the whole family to the table. Enjoy these nutty treats! Bon appétit!
