Cottage cheese cookies “Triangles” with sugar

Curd cookies “Triangles” with sugar are very tasty and at the same time simple cookies, which even an inexperienced cook can handle. It is also great for diversifying a child’s diet with cottage cheese if he or she flatly refuses to eat it in its usual form.

Classic recipe for cottage cheese cookies “Triangles” with sugar in the oven

Most people like the classic version due to its ease of preparation and its low calorie content compared to analogues.

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   How to make cottage cheese cookies “Triangles” with sugar? In a bowl, mash the cottage cheese until smooth and mix with salt. If the cottage cheese is grainy, it is better to first rub it through a sieve to get rid of large lumps.
2. 
   Melt the butter, add to the curd mass and mix thoroughly.
3. 
   Sift flour and baking powder into the resulting mixture.This way they will mix better, be saturated with air and in the end the dough will be lighter and without flour lumps.
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   Start mixing all the ingredients with a spoon. When you feel that kneading them is becoming too difficult, transfer the mixture to a floured surface and continue kneading the dough with your hands. Once it becomes homogeneous and does not stick to your hands, form it into a ball and put it in the refrigerator for an hour. This is necessary so that the flour absorbs more moisture, due to which the dough will become pliable and elastic and will not crumble. When the time comes, remove it from the refrigerator and leave it at room temperature for about 10 minutes to warm it up.
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   Thoroughly flour your work surface and roll out the dough to a thickness of 2-3 mm. If there is not much space, it is better to divide the dough into several parts, and so that when rolling out, it turns out to be the same thickness everywhere, you can put slats on both sides of the layer on which the rolling pin will rest.
6. 
   Take a culinary ring or a glass with thin walls of a suitable diameter and cut circles from the dough.
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   Pour sugar into a plate and dip the dough circles into it one by one: dip one side, fold it in half with the sugar inside, dip it again with one side and again fold it in half with the sugar inside.
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   Flatten the resulting triangles slightly, dip one side in sugar again and place on parchment or silicone mat with the sweet side up. Place the baking tray with the resulting cookies in the oven, preheated to 200 ̊C and leave there for 25 minutes.
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   When you see that the top of the triangles are already covered with a golden crust, you can safely remove them from the oven.While the cookies are still hot, they will be very soft, but as they cool, the crust will become tougher and crispier, but the inside will remain tender.

Bon appetit!

A simple and delicious recipe for cottage cheese cookies “Triangles” without butter

Despite the fact that, thanks to cottage cheese, these cookies are already an order of magnitude healthier than many recipes, they can be made even more dietary if you remove the butter from them. And it will taste just as amazing.

Cooking time: 140 minutes

Cooking time: 30 minutes

Servings – 5

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour – 250 gr.
• Egg – 1 pc.
• Cottage cheese – 200 gr.
• Granulated sugar – 4 tbsp.
• Baking powder – ½ tsp.

Cooking process:

1. Using a fork, mash the cottage cheese in a deep bowl until soft and homogeneous. Choose it at your discretion, it is not recommended to use only salted in cream. Also keep in mind that the higher the fat content and the more moisture in the cottage cheese, the more flour you will need to obtain the dough of the desired consistency.

2. Add sugar to the bowl and mix everything thoroughly.

3. The next step is to add the egg. For convenience and a more uniform texture, you can beat the entire mixture with an immersion blender.

4. Sift the flour together with the baking powder, this will make the dough more porous and there will be no flour lumps in it. Add the flour into the curd mixture little by little, stirring gently.

5. At the end of kneading, put the dough in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to let it settle. Afterwards, generously sprinkle the work surface with flour, take out the dough and roll out a layer 2-3 mm thick.

6. Take a round mold of suitable diameter or a glass with sharp edges and cut out circles from the dough.Gather the dough scraps into a new ball and roll them out again. Continue this until the dough is finished. Leftovers can be used to bake pretzels, for example.

7. Pour a little sugar into a plate, dip one side of the curd circle in it, fold it in half with the sugar inside. Then again dip one side of the now semicircle and fold it in half again, also with sugar inside.

8. Dip one side of the resulting triangle into sugar and place it on parchment, sprinkled side up. Preheat the oven to 180°C and bake the cookies for about 25 minutes until the top is golden.

9. When everything is baked, remove from the oven and let cool, then the crust will harden and the cookies will be crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. Bon appetit!

Homemade cottage cheese cookies “Triangles” with sugar and cinnamon

A recipe for lovers of soft cottage cheese cookies combined with aromatic cinnamon, which together with baked sugar forms an appetizing crispy crust.

Cooking time: 70 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Servings – 10

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour – 330 gr.
• Butter – 200 gr.
• Cottage cheese – 500 gr.
• Granulated sugar – 4 tbsp.
• Salt – ¼ tsp.
• Baking powder – 1 tsp.
• Cinnamon – 1 tsp.

Cooking process:

1. Before you start cooking, put the butter in the freezer for 15-20 minutes. When it becomes hard enough, take it out and grate it on a coarse grater into a deep bowl.

2. Add cottage cheese to the grated butter and grind everything to a paste. For convenience, this can be done using an immersion blender.

3. At this stage, place the dry ingredients into a bowl, namely flour, salt and baking powder (no need to add sugar to the dough).You can knead the dough immediately with your hands if the curd mass is dry enough, but if it sticks a lot at first, it will be more convenient to use a spatula. You can also adjust the amount of flour yourself depending on how wet the dough is.

4. Ultimately, you should have a soft, elastic dough that does not stick to your hands, which you need to form into a ball, put in a bag or cling film, and then put in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.

5. After the specified time, remove the dough from the refrigerator. Turn the oven to 230 °C. Place the curd base on a thoroughly floured surface and roll out to a thickness of about 5 mm. Using a glass of suitable diameter, cut out circles. Repeat this procedure until the dough is finished.

6. In a shallow bowl, combine sugar and cinnamon.

7. Alternately dip the curd circles in the mixture in three stages: first one side, then fold this circle in half with the sugar inside and dip one side into the sugar again. Fold the resulting semicircle in half and dip one side into the cinnamon-sugar mixture.

8. Place the resulting triangles on a baking sheet covered with parchment or a silicone mat and bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes, until golden brown.

9. As soon as you see that the cookies have acquired a dark golden hue, you can take them out and place them on a plate. When hot, it is still very soft and tender; when it cools, it will acquire a harder crust on the outside, but will remain just as tender on the inside. Bon appetit!

How to make your own “Triangle” cookies with cottage cheese and raisins?

If you love the combination of cottage cheese and raisins, but just eating them together is a little boring, then this recipe will be an excellent alternative. Healthy, tasty, crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, it will appeal to both adults and children.

Cooking time: 70 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Servings – 10

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour – 400 gr.
• Butter – 150 gr.
• Cottage cheese – 500 gr.
• Raisins – 50 gr.
• Egg – 1 pc.
• Granulated sugar – 150 gr.
• Salt – ¼ tsp.
• Baking powder – 2 tsp.
• Vanillin – 1 pinch;

Cooking process:

1. Prepare all ingredients.

2. In a deep bowl, mix the egg, sugar, vanillin and melted butter.

3. Add cottage cheese to the mixture and beat everything with a blender to a paste-like consistency. At this stage there should be no lumps of curd left. Also keep in mind that depending on the fat content and moisture content of your curd, you may need a little more flour.

4. Sift 2/3 of the flour with baking powder into a bowl, add salt and raisins and mix everything with a spatula.

5. Pour the remaining flour onto the work surface, place the dough on it and continue kneading it with your hands until the lump stops sticking to your hands. Wrap it in plastic and leave for 20 minutes to allow the dough to mature.

6. After the time has passed, roll out the layer to a thickness of about 4 mm. You can roll it out thinner, just make sure that the raisins do not tear the dough too thin in the future. Using a round mold of suitable diameter, cut out circles and fold each in half twice to form triangles. You can sprinkle them with sugar on top to create a sweet crispy crust when baking, or you can decorate ready-made cookies with powdered sugar.

7.Place the triangles on a parchment-lined baking sheet, leaving space between them, and bake in an oven preheated to 180 °C for 20 minutes. If you want softer cookies, bake at lower heat; if, on the contrary, with a crispier crust, then change the baking mode to “Grill” for the last 5 minutes.

8. When the cookies are browned, remove them from the oven and place them on a plate. You can eat triangles while they are still fresh, hot and very soft, or already cooled down, washing them down with tea or warm milk.

Bon appetit!

Original recipe for cookies from cottage cheese “Triangles of crow's feet”

If you really want to include cottage cheese in your child’s diet, but he will never eat it in its pure form, then one of the variations of the classic cottage cheese cookies is perfect, which will make ordinary triangles more attractive and interesting in appearance.

Cooking time: 70 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Servings – 6

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour – 270 gr.
• Butter – 100 gr.
• Cottage cheese – 200 gr.
• Egg – 1 pc.
• Granulated sugar – 80 gr.
• Salt – 1 pinch;
• Baking powder – 1 tsp.

Cooking process:

1. Break the egg into a deep bowl of a suitable size, add cottage cheese there. Grind everything until smooth with a fork or punch with an immersion blender so that there are no lumps.

2. In the same bowl, grate cold butter on a coarse grater. For convenience, it would be better to put it in the freezer 10-15 minutes before. Also mix everything thoroughly until it becomes a paste.

3. Add salt and gradually add the sifted mixture of flour and baking powder. Adjust the quantity depending on how wet your curd is.As a result, the dough should be elastic and not stick to your hands. Let it sit for 20 minutes so that the gluten in the flour has time to swell.

4. Roll out the dough into a thin layer, no more than 2-3 mm, and cut out circles using a special cutter or a glass with thin walls. Gather the scraps together and roll them out again. Do this until the dough is finished. Place the sugar in a shallow dish and dip one side of the mug into it.

5. Fold it in half so that the sugar is inside. Dip one side of the resulting semicircle in sugar and fold it with the clean side out. Flatten the triangle slightly and sprinkle one side with sugar.

6. Place the cookies on a baking sheet covered with parchment and bake in an oven preheated to 200 °C for 15 minutes. If your oven has adjustable modes, it is recommended to bake at lower heat, and after the specified time, leave for another 5 minutes in the “Grill” mode to get a golden brown crust.

7. Remove the cookies and let them cool until the crust becomes crispy.

Bon appetit!