Oven-Baked Brushwood: A Simple Step-by-Step Recipe

Love Khvorost cookies but limit your consumption due to the high calorie content of deep-fried dishes? We'll show you how to make delicious, fluffy Khvorost cookies in the oven. Using this simple step-by-step recipe, you can easily prepare a delicious treat for the whole family at home.

Oven-Baked Brushwood: A Simple Step-by-Step Recipe
Nutritional value per serving
453.1 kcal
  • Proteins: 11.9 g
  • Fats: 15.0 g
  • Carbohydrates: 64.2 g
*Nutritional value is calculated per 100g of ingredients
  • Total time:
  • Time in the kitchen:
  • Complexity:
    A simple recipe.
  • Number of servings: 20
Depending on the recipe, хворост can be fluffy and soft or thin and crispy.

The fluffy brushwood has many names. Around the world, it's called "Verguny," "Sochen," "Urama," and "Krebli." The recipes for making fluffy brushwood cookies in a frying pan or in the oven also vary. Our recipe catalog features fluffy brushwood recipes:

These recipes produce fluffy and soft khvorost. Many home cooks say this dish is more like classic donuts fried in oil.

A step-by-step recipe for cooking brushwood in the oven

If you want to make crispy хворост, we recommend making it from perstny (water with eggs and vodka or beer) or classic puff pastry.

Any recipe is suitable for baking in the oven. You can try making a treat with fluffy dough, and below we'll tell you how to make a classic layered khvost in the oven.

Crispy хворост (brushwood) baked in the oven: a simple recipe at home
Classic oven-baked хворост (brushwood) – a simple step-by-step recipe with photos
Ingredients
Servings
  • Flour
    220 G
  • Butter
    50 G
  • Sour cream 20%
    60 G
  • Egg yolks
    2 pcs
  • Powdered sugar
    30 G
  • Vanilla sugar
    8 G
  • Salt
    1 pinch
Preparation

Step 1
Step-by-step recipe for cooking brushwood in the oven - step 1

In a blender bowl, mix 200 g of flour, 30 g of powdered sugar, a packet of vanilla sugar, a pinch of salt and 60 grams of chilled butter.

Step 2
Step-by-step recipe for cooking brushwood in the oven - step 2

You should get a buttery crumble, like in the photo.

Step 3
Step-by-step recipe for cooking brushwood in the oven - step 3

Add 2 egg yolks to the butter crumbs and mix again.

Step 4
Step-by-step recipe for cooking brushwood in the oven - step 4

Add 60 grams of sour cream to the mixture and beat the ingredients thoroughly again until smooth.

Step 5
Step-by-step recipe for cooking brushwood in the oven - step 5

Next, knead the dough by hand. Work quickly to prevent the butter from heating up and melting from your hands.

Step 6
Step-by-step recipe for cooking brushwood in the oven - step 6

Divide the finished dough into 2 parts and roll out into thin sheets.

Step 7
Step-by-step recipe for cooking brushwood in the oven - step 7

Cut the dough sheet into strips 5-6 cm thick.

Step 8
Step-by-step recipe for cooking brushwood in the oven - step 8

Next, we divide each strip into rectangles about 10 cm long and make a cut in the center of each rectangle to form a classic brushwood.

Step 9
Step-by-step recipe for cooking brushwood in the oven - step 9

Place the blanks on a parchment-lined baking sheet.

Step 10
Step-by-step recipe for cooking brushwood in the oven - step 10
Cooking brushwood in the oven occurs at 180℃ approximately 8-9 minutes (baking time depends on the oven settings and features).
Step 11
Step-by-step recipe for cooking brushwood in the oven - step 11

Cool the finished cookies at room temperature and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Also see how to make delicious cottage cheese хворост in the oven:

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