Cookies "for the family" and a simple recipe

No one knows how many varieties of cookies exist in the world. Only in the Middle East, for example, the bakers came up with about 400 species of this delicacy. In Russia, the only commercially produced almost 250 names. Why is that? Yes, because this is a very convenient product!

Today biscuit bake all kinds of tests, all kinds of flour, all kinds of flavors and textures - and sweet and salty, and pepper, and soft and hard, flaky and tyanuchee. Sometimes filling sandwiches, pour chocolate or honey, collapses in powdered sugar, salt, cereals or coconut. There are cookies in the mayonnaise, cookies on cucumber pickle , Beer, vodka and port wine. There are species that are baked for 5 minutes, and there are those who need to prepare for almost three days!

According to market research, the three cookies leaders of worldwide sales is as follows: the world's most loved and buy sweets biscuits . On the second place saltine crackers . On the third - almost tasteless crunchy fresh biscuits . However, in the third Russian not biscuits And loved by many since childhood oat cookies   - By the way, on the domestic formulation did not bake anywhere else in the world.

The secret to the popularity of the cookie? Firstly, it is a universal snack almost anything: tea and coffee, and beer and wine. On crackers and biscuits can be prepared exquisite sandwiches and sweet spread sweet curd, jam or condensed milk and served as a dessert. Sweet Biscuit "fingers" come in many classic desserts - tiramisu up on ice cream of the "banana split." In addition, factory cookie is stored for a long time, so it is convenient to take with you. And the unlimited possibilities in the design and decoration of baking cookies made perfect gift: very often sets delicious pastries presented in Germany and northern Europe: it is packaged in an exclusive box or transparent banks tie up with silk ribbons, pour dried fruit, candied nuts and candied fruits.

Nutritionists believe cookies fairly safe product (of course, if it is not too sweet and oily): it contains a lot of fiber and B vitamins, as well as complex carbohydrates that give the force a long time. Especially good in this sense wholegrain biscuits in which sugar is replaced with fructose or honey.

And today we try to make a very simple, but fun cookies on cucumber pickle   (good and tomato).

We need 1 cup of brine, 1 cup sugar, or 0, 5 cups of fructose, 4 cups sifted flour (better than the second grade), half a cup of any vegetable oil odorless teaspoon soda.

Flour mixed with baking soda. In another container combine brine, oil, sugar, or fructose, lightly beaten with a fork. The liquid gradually stir into the flour so that a stiff but elastic dough. Roll it in a layer thickness of about 1 - 1 5 cm and molds, glass or a knife cut cookie of any shape. Each pierce several times with a fork to propeklos evenly. Preheat oven to 180 degrees, put the cookies on pripylennuyu flour baking paper and send it in the oven for about 20 - 25 minutes.

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