12 July, 2015
Biscuits and Cookies
Comments : 8 Posted in : Blog on by : Ugne
Cottage Cheese/Curd Cookies
This is one of the traditional recipes made in Lithuania. These cookies are very easy to make and absolutely worth every second spend in the kitchen…
Cinnamon infused, soft in the inside and crunchy on the outside little delights. I twisted the original recipe by adding nutmeg, which for me works beautifully with cinnamon.
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INGREDIENTS:
300g cottage cheese
200g unsalted butter, softened
300g flour
1tsp baking powder
100g caster sugar, vanilla extract
Pinch of salt and nutmeg
Sugar and cinnamon and egg white for coating
METHOD:
Start with blending cottage cheese to the paste, add melted butter and mix well.
Pour flour, sugar, vanilla, salt, nutmeg and baking powder,knead dough. Work the dough well on the worktop slightly dusted with flour until it will all comes together. Rest in the fridge for at least 20-30min( you can leave it in the fridge over night as for preparation in advance).
Dust table with flour and roll out the dough rather thin, up to 3-4mm. Then squeeze the desired size circles (I used a 8cm diameter pastry cutter) but glass or a cup can be used aswell.
Beat egg whites in the bowl, in the plate mix sugar with cinnamon. Take the circle, bend it half, the in half again and squeeze well the corners using drop of egg wash. brush the cookie with egg whites and pop it in the plate with sugar and cinnamon mixture. when plate is full, coat them all by turning all sides in cinnamon and place on the lined baking tray.
Bake for 15-20 minutes at 190’C, Gas mark 5 oven unlit nicely brown.
take out on the wire rack to cool little bit, and enjoy with nice cup of tea đ
8 thoughts
Hello Ugne – I just saw these on the British Baking Show. I’m fascinated by these cookies!
I was curious as to what kind of cottage cheese you use. Creamed cottage cheese or traditional dry Lithuanian cheese?
Hi Wendy, thank you for your support and nice words đ I use normal cottage cheese (grainy looking not creamed) but I’m sure you can make them with creamed cheese just might adjust flour quantities.
AÄiĆ«!
Buvo labai skanu!
Hi Ugne,
Do I need a stand or hand mixer to make the cookies?
Thank you for sharing this recipe!!
Hi Maria,
You can do them even by hand in a bowl đ grab a wooden spoon any mix đ
Just make sure your cottage/ curd is creamy.
Ugne <3
Thank you so much for sharing!!! These cookies come out soft and light with a little tang frm the cottage cheese. The first time I made them, I may have over did it in the sugar + cinnamon coating, because it formed almost a caramel underneath the cookies. This time, I am only going to coat the top of the cookies.
What a delicious, unique recipe. My sister said it’s the best cookie of her life!
Hi Christie,
Thank you very much for your feedback and am very happy to hear you loved the cookies đȘ đ look forward hearing from you if you decide to try some of the other recipes too xxx
Ugne x
My Family Loved it. I am definitely sharing Guys, Thanks For sharing this Great Recipe. this recipe and this website with my friend. Hope they also love it. Thank you again for sharing such a great recipe.