Crispy brushwood

Khvost is a cookie whose taste is remembered from childhood. Yes, it still remains one of the most popular. This is, of course, crispy brushwood. This confectionery product got its name for its similarity in shape to brushwood - fallen tree branches. Thin golden cookies sprinkled with powdered sugar or doused with honey will make any tea party enjoyable.

Thin crispy vodka-based brushwood that melts in your mouth

For many years, experienced housewives have been preparing crispy brushwood with vodka according to the recipe. The baked goods are airy and very tasty. A minimal set of ingredients and a little time - and you will delight your loved ones with this crispy delicacy.

1. 
   How to cook delicious crispy brushwood? Beat a chicken egg into the dough kneading container, add sugar, a pinch of salt, the specified amount of water and vodka, and using a fork, mix everything until smooth.
2. 
   Pour wheat flour sifted into a sieve into the resulting mixture and knead the dough, first with a fork, and then knead well with your hand. The dough should be elastic, smooth and not stick to your hand.
3. 
   Cut the kneaded dough into 4 pieces, this will make it easier to work with.
4. 
   Place a piece of dough on a flat surface and, sprinkled with flour, roll it into a thin cake 2-3 mm thick. Using a knife, cut the cake into ribbons 8 cm long and 2 cm wide. Make a longitudinal cut on each ribbon and roll it into a “bow”. Form these “bows” from the entire dough.
5. 
   Heat the vegetable oil well in a deep cast-iron frying pan or casserole. Fry your products in it until golden brown for a few seconds on each side. Place the finished brushwood on a large dish and immediately sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Enjoy your tea!

Classic crispy brushwood cooked with kefir

In this recipe you are invited to prepare dough for brushwood using kefir. The cookies will be crispy, fluffy and soft. But, nevertheless, baking for tea will turn out wonderful. Deep fry. From the quantity indicated in the recipe you will get 3 large plates of brushwood. Enough for everyone.

Ingredients:

• Flour – 3 tbsp.
• Egg – 1 pc.
• Kefir – 300 ml.
• Sugar – 3 tbsp.
• Sunflower oil – 3 tbsp. l.
• Vanilla sugar – 1 pack.
• Soda – 1.5 tsp.
• Vegetable oil - for deep frying.
• Powdered sugar - for sprinkling.

Cooking process:

1.Break one egg into a bowl for kneading dough, add a pinch of salt, vanilla and regular sugar and mix well with a fork.

2. Then pour slightly warmed kefir into the bowl, add baking soda, add sunflower oil and mix again.

3. Sift the required amount of flour onto a sieve and pour it into the liquid base.

4. 6. Knead the dough with your hands. It will be soft and a little sticky.

5. Cover the bowl with the dough with a lid or a piece of cling film and leave to rest for half an hour.

6. Then, dividing the dough into pieces for ease of work, roll it into a thin cake with a rolling pin and cut it into ribbons 2x8 cm. Cut each ribbon and wrap it in the form of a bow.

7. Heat vegetable oil in a deep-frying container (frying pan, thick-bottomed saucepan or cauldron). For this amount of brushwood you will need up to 0.4 liters of oil.

8. Fry the brushwood in small portions until golden brown on each side.

9. Place the finished “bows” on plates and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Enjoy your tea!

How to bake crispy brushwood with milk?

This recipe asks you to knead the dough for the brushwood using milk. It makes it possible to roll out the dough thinly, and the products will not tear. The brushwood will turn out very crispy and unusually tasty, and the aromatic notes of vanillin will quickly “call” all household members to the kitchen.

Ingredients:

• Flour – 2 tbsp.
• Large egg – 2 pcs.
• Milk – 120 ml.
• Vanillin and salt - 1 chip each.
• Oil for frying and powdered sugar for sprinkling.

Cooking process:

1. Break the eggs (C0) into the mixing bowl and pour in the milk. Keep these products at room temperature for some time so that they are not cold.

2. Using a whisk, beat the eggs and milk well.

3.Sift the required amount of flour through a sieve into a separate bowl and mix it with salt and a pinch of vanillin.

4. Then add the flour to the egg-milk mixture and knead the dough. It should turn out soft and elastic.

5. Divide the dough into 2-3 pieces and roll into balls, this will make it easier to form brushwood.

6. Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough into thin flat cakes and cut them into 5x5 cm squares, although the shape of the cut can be different to suit your taste.

7. Cut the squares in the middle and wrap them with a bow, because without a bow it will just be cookies, not brushwood.

8. Deep-fry the brushwood in enough vegetable oil until golden brown on both sides.

9. Remove the brushwood from the fryer with a slotted spoon, place it on a beautiful dish and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Eat for your health!

Recipe for delicious brushwood with sour cream

Using this recipe, you can prepare very tasty brushwood by kneading the dough with sour cream. Such brushwood should be eaten immediately, since the cooled brushwood will have a completely different taste. Treat your family with a delicious dessert for dinner.

Ingredients:

• Flour – 3 tbsp.
• Egg – 2 pcs.
• Sour cream – 1 tbsp.
• Sugar – 4 tbsp. l.
• Soda – 1.5 tsp.
• Oil for frying and powdered sugar for sprinkling.

Cooking process:

1. Break the eggs into a container for kneading dough and add sugar to them. The specified amount of sugar will not make the brushwood very sweet. It is needed so that the sour cream dough does not settle and remains fluffy.

2. Using a whisk, beat the eggs and sugar well.

3. Then add the required amount of sour cream and soda to this mixture and mix.

4. Gradually add sifted flour to the liquid base and knead the dough by hand.It should turn out soft, airy and not stick to your hands, so you may need a little more flour than indicated in the recipe.

5. Divide the dough into several pieces, and roll each piece with a rolling pin into a thin cake, up to 3-5 mm thick.

6. Cut the flatbreads into arbitrary rectangles. Then cut each rectangle in the middle and wrap it in the form of a bow.

7. Heat vegetable oil well in a deep-frying container.

8. Fry the brushwood in portions until golden brown on both sides. Remember that brushwood cooks very quickly.

9. Remove the finished brushwood from the fryer using a slotted spoon or fork and place it on a paper towel to remove excess oil.

10. Then transfer the brushwood to a large dish, sprinkle with a little powdered sugar and serve.

Enjoy your tea!

Step-by-step recipe for thin crispy brushwood on water

Here is a recipe for making brushwood simply using water, without milk, kefir or sour cream. This is a little known recipe. You'll end up with a low-calorie, inexpensive baked product that's still crispy and delicious.

Ingredients:

• Flour – 400 gr.
• Egg – 2 pcs.
• Water – 200 ml.
• Sugar – 0.5 tbsp.
• Vodka – 1 tbsp.
• Vegetable oil for frying and powder for sprinkling.

Cooking process:

1. Break the chicken eggs into a separate bowl, add a pinch of salt, sugar and whisk well.

2. Pour the required amount of cold water and vodka into the beaten eggs and stir until smooth.

3. Sift the amount of flour specified in the recipe through a sieve into the mixing bowl.

4. Pour the egg mixture into it and knead the dough with your hand. Knead until the dough no longer sticks to your hand.

5.Then roll the dough into a bun, cover with a napkin and leave for half an hour to rest.

6. After this time, roll out the dough with a rolling pin into a thin sheet.

7. Cut the rolled sheet into diamonds or rectangles.

8. Cut each piece in the middle and carefully turn one end of the dough through the cut to make a bow.

9. Deep-fry the brushwood over medium heat for 1-2 minutes on each side until golden brown.

10. First place the finished brushwood on paper napkins or a towel to remove excess oil, and then transfer it to a beautiful dish and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Enjoy your tea!

Delicious crispy rosette brushwood

In this recipe, you are invited to prepare tender and crispy brushwood in the shape of a “rose”, rather than a standard bow. The dish will look very beautiful on the holiday table. Prepare the dough with the addition of vodka. Deep fry.

Ingredients:

• Flour – 2 tbsp.
• Egg – 5 pcs.
• Vodka – 2 tbsp. l.
• Salt – 1 chip.
• Sugar – 1 tbsp. l.
• Vegetable oil for deep frying – 600 ml.
• Powdered sugar and cinnamon for sprinkling.

Cooking process:

1. Divide one egg into yolk and white. The protein will be used for gluing the “roses”.

2. Place the yolk in a separate bowl and break the rest of the eggs there. Add to them a pinch of salt, a spoonful of sugar and two tablespoons of vodka. Mix everything well without whipping it into foam.

3. Sift the required amount of flour into the mixing bowl. Make a well in the middle of the flour and pour the egg mixture into it. Knead the dough with your hands. Knead until the dough becomes stiff, homogeneous and does not stick to your hands.

4. Cover the bowl with the dough with a napkin and leave for half an hour to rest.

5.After this time, cut the dough into two parts and roll into thin sheets no more than 1-2 mm thick so that the brushwood turns out tender.

6. Using two glasses of different diameters, cut the dough into circles. Make 6-7 cuts along the edges of the mugs.

7. Then form beautiful “roses” from the dough circles. Fold three circles at a time, gluing them in the middle with the remaining white. Press the circles in the center tightly with your finger to give the flowers strength.

8. Heat the vegetable oil well in a cauldron.

9. Using a long spoon and holding them with your hand, carefully lower the flowers into the hot oil. Then press them a little to the bottom of the cauldron with a spoon and twist them so that the “roses” fluff up and become voluminous.

10. Fry them on both sides until golden brown.

11. Place the finished brushwood on a paper towel to remove excess oil. Place the prepared “roses” on a large, beautiful dish and sprinkle them with powder mixed with a small amount of cinnamon or vanilla.

Eat for your health!

How to make crispy brushwood without adding eggs?

You can prepare the dough for brushwood without eggs, but only with kefir. Such brushwood remains soft and tasty for a long time and does not harden. The recipe is simple. You can shape the brushwood into a traditional bow or make beautiful roses. You can fry such brushwood in a regular frying pan.

Ingredients:

• Flour – 3.5 tbsp.
• Kefir – 1.5 tbsp.
• Soda – ½ tsp.
• Sugar – 5 tbsp. l.
• Oil for frying.

Cooking process:

1. Pour the required amount of sifted flour into the bowl for kneading dough. Add sugar and a pinch of salt to it and stir.

2. Heat the kefir a little and mix with soda.

3. Then pour the kefir into the flour and knead the dough.

4.Cover the bowl with the dough with a napkin and place in a cool place for 1 hour.

5. Then mix the dough again and roll it into a thin cake.

6. Cut the dough into rectangles. Make a cut in the middle of each piece and wrap one end to make a bow.

7. Fry brushwood in a frying pan in heated vegetable oil until golden brown. It will turn out airy and fluffy.

8. Sprinkle the prepared brushwood with crushed brown sugar, it will be beautiful and tasty.

Enjoy your tea!

A simple and tasty recipe for making brushwood with beer

Here is a recipe for baking brushwood from dough mixed with beer. The brushwood will be crispy, airy and crumbly. Homemade beer baking is the most delicious, fastest and most famous among chefs.

Ingredients:

• Flour – 4 tbsp.
• Light beer – 1 tbsp.
• Margarine – 70 g.
• Salt – ½ tsp.
• Oil for frying and powdered sugar for dusting.

Cooking process:

1. The most delicious dough for beer brushwood involves the use of animal fat (pork or chicken), but we will use margarine, which does not affect the taste of the baked goods.

2. Melt the required amount of margarine in the microwave or in a water bath.

3. Pour a glass of beer into the bowl for kneading the dough, but not cold, which is important for the quality of the brushwood.

4. Pour melted margarine over the beer.

5. Then pour the required amount of flour onto them. Be sure to sift the flour through a sieve to enrich it with oxygen; the crispy taste of the product depends on this.

6. Knead the dough with your hands.

7. Cover the bowl with the dough with a piece of cling film and leave to rest for 30 minutes.

8. Then cut the dough into 3-4 pieces to make it easier to work with.

9.Roll each piece with a rolling pin into a layer up to 3–5 mm thick. Cut the dough into long strips or other shapes to your liking using a mold. Make a slit in the middle of each strip and fold the end of the strip to make a bow.

10. Heat the vegetable oil well in a deep frying pan or cauldron.

11. Fry all the brushwood in it in portions.

12. Fry on both sides until golden brown. Try not to overcook, otherwise the brushwood will turn out hard.

13. Remove the finished brushwood from the oil using a slotted spoon and immediately place it on a paper towel, otherwise it will become saturated with oil and lose its taste.

14. Sprinkle the prepared brushwood with powdered sugar.

Eat for your health!

Tender and very tasty brushwood with cottage cheese

We offer you another wonderful recipe for making brushwood. It is prepared using dough with the addition of cottage cheese. Both children and adults will love this tender and tasty pastry, so prepare a double portion right away.

Ingredients:

• Cottage cheese – 250 g.
• Flour – 5 tbsp. l.
• Sugar – 3 tbsp. l.
• Egg – 1 pc.
• Baking powder – 1 tsp.
• Oil for frying and powder for dusting.

Cooking process:

1. Break a chicken egg into a bowl for kneading dough, add the required amount of sugar and rub well until the sugar dissolves.

2. Then add cottage cheese to this mixture. Any cottage cheese is suitable, only if you have it grainy, then you need to rub it on a sieve.

3. Pour the sifted flour and the required amount of baking powder into the dishes.

4. Knead the dough by hand. Knead until it sticks to your hand.

5. Divide the dough into several pieces.

6. Sprinkle each piece with a little flour and roll it into a flat cake up to 1 cm thick.

7. Cut the flatbreads into ribbons.We make a cut on each ribbon and wrap it in a bow. We form such figures from the entire dough.

8. Heat the vegetable oil well in a deep frying pan or cauldron.

9. Fry the brushwood in oil for 3-4 minutes on each side until golden brown. Fry over low heat.

10. Transfer the finished brushwood to a paper towel to remove excess oil, sprinkle with a little powdered sugar and place on a beautiful dish.

Bon appetit!

A simple recipe for crispy brushwood with honey

We present to your attention a recipe for preparing tender and crispy brushwood, drenched in honey syrup. Such brushwood is called “honey baklava”. The dessert will be very tasty and not too sweet. Knead the dough using sour cream with the addition of vodka and mineral water. Please the people close to you with this wonderful pastry.

Ingredients:

• Flour – 1.5 tbsp.
• Sour cream – 1 tbsp. l.
• Sugar – 1 tsp.
• Mineral water – 100 ml.
• Vodka – 2 tbsp. l.
• Salt – 1 chip.

For the syrup:

• Sugar – 0.5 tbsp.
• Honey – 1 tsp.
• Water – 1/3 tbsp.

Cooking process:

1. Pour sifted flour into a mixing bowl and make a well in the middle.

2. Place the amount of mineral water, sour cream, sugar and vodka indicated in the recipe in this cavity and add a pinch of salt.

3. Knead the dough from these ingredients until it becomes elastic and does not stick to your hand.

4. Cover the container with a napkin and leave the dough to rest for 30 minutes.

5. Then gently knead the dough again and cut into several pieces.

6. Sprinkle each piece with a little flour and roll it out with a rolling pin into a thin sheet 1 mm thick.

7. Loosely roll each rolled sheet into a roll. Then, using a sharp knife, cut all the rolls at an angle of 45° and 2 cm thick. These are blanks for brushwood.

8.Heat a sufficient amount of vegetable oil in a deep container and fry all the dough figures in it until golden brown.

9. Then prepare honey syrup in a separate saucepan. Pour water into it, add honey and sugar, stir and cook over low heat until air bubbles appear on the surface.

10. Place fried brushwood in this hot syrup, portionwise or one piece at a time, for a few seconds and then transfer it to a dish. Sprinkle the brushwood with chopped nuts.

Eat for your health!