Sour Cream Shortbread Cookies

Sour cream shortbread cookies (smetanniki) are classic soft shortbread cookies made with butter and sour cream, brushed with egg yolk and baked for 25-30 minutes at 180 C. The dough is rolled out thin, and the signature stripes are made with an ordinary fork. I strongly recommend making these and judging for yourself - enjoy!

Sour Cream Shortbread Cookies

Fragrant sour cream shortbread cookies made from a simple dough with butter and sour cream, brushed with egg yolk.

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 50 minutes mins

Servings: 20 cookies

Ingredients Method

Ingredients

  

• 225 g flour
• 100 g butter room temperature
• 100 g sugar
• 75 g sour cream
• 1 egg
• salt, vanillin pinch
• 5 g baking powder
• 1 egg yolk for brushing

Method

 

1. Beat the room-temperature butter with the sugar, salt and vanillin using a mixer.
2. Add the sour cream and egg, mix again.
3. Sift in the flour with the baking powder in portions and knead the dough.
4. On a flour-dusted counter, roll out the dough to a thickness of 0.5-0.7 cm. Run a fork over it for the pattern, cut out the cookies with a cutter, and place on a baking sheet.
5. Brush the cookies with beaten egg yolk and bake for 25-30 minutes in an oven preheated to 180 C.
6. Let the finished cookies cool. Enjoy!
   

Tips

• The butter must be at room temperature, otherwise it won't cream properly with the sugar.
• For the pattern, run a fork over the rolled-out dough - you'll get neat stripes.
• Brushing with beaten egg yolk gives the cookies a golden shine.