Crispy sticks and curls, the taste of which has been familiar to many since childhood, are able to compete with popcorn, corn sticks, chips and other snacks. Sweet brushwood serves as an independent dessert, which can be crunched by gathering in the evening with the whole family in front of the TV, it is also served with tea, coffee, cocoa. In some supermarkets you can buy this delicacy, but it will cost a lot of money, and not every village has a shop or cafe that produces similar sweets. But each housewife can make brushwood at home. The necessary skills are developed quickly, so even an aspiring cook can master recipes for making crispy dough figures.
Cooking Features
Cooking household brushwood requires some culinary skill, but many novice housewives manage to make tasty and delicious curls from the first time. Even if the first experiment fails to be one hundred percent successful, do not despair: the second time you will almost certainly have the brushwood for what you hope to get, that is, golden, crispy, tasty. Knowledge of some subtleties will facilitate the task.
- To obtain crispy products, mineral water or alcoholic beverages are added to the dough. Sour cream, kefir, cottage cheese make it possible to make more tender, but slightly less crispy cookies. Choose a dessert recipe according to the result you intend to get.
- The dough for making brushwood is thinly rolled, so that it roasts as quickly as possible, and folded in a special way. Usually, for this, a layer of dough is cut into rectangles or rhombuses, a longitudinal section is made in the center, the tips of the test are passed through it and it is as if turned inside out. Other options are possible. For example, a square piece of dough can be cut from the corners and one corner of the resulting triangles can be glued to the center. Another option is to cut the dough into strips and roll them into loose spirals. Even more options gives the use of cookies for cookies.
- It is necessary to fry logs in a large amount of preheated oil, each time removing fried pieces of dough that have fallen off the brushwood from it. If the product is fried a lot, it is advisable to change the oil periodically. Oil quality also matters. Preference is given to refined vegetable and always fresh, without a rancid smell.
- After frying, brushwood must be laid out on a napkin so that it absorbs excess fat.
Before serving, the brushwood is often sprinkled with powdered sugar, poured over honey or condensed milk. It is undesirable to process products with liquid products immediately after preparation, otherwise the brushwood may soften, stop crunching.
The classic recipe for homemade dough from milk
Composition:
- wheat flour - 0.5 kg;
- chicken egg - 3 pcs .;
- milk - 125 ml;
- sugar - 125 g;
- salt - 5 g;
- vegetable oil - 0.5 l;
- icing sugar - 50 g.
Method of preparation:
- Break eggs into a bowl, add salt and sugar to them, pound carefully.
- Pour in milk and two tablespoons of vegetable oil. Whisk until a homogeneous mixture.
- Pouring flour in small portions, knead the elastic dough.
- Sprinkle flour over the silicone mat or board, lay out the dough and roll it into a layer no more than half a centimeter thick.
- Cut the layer into rhombuses with a length of about 10-12 cm, one and a half to two times wide. In the center of each diamond make a cut and twist the edges over it, you can double.
- Heat the remaining oil in a skillet. Dip a few pieces of dough into it and fry them in deep fat until they have a characteristic golden tint. Spread roasted brushwood with a slotted spoon on a napkin.
Sprinkle brushwood with sugar powder before serving. If you did not manage to get it, you can make it from granulated sugar, grinding it with a blender or a coffee grinder.
Crunchy brushwood (recipe with vodka)
Composition:
- flour - 0, 25 kg;
- chicken egg - 2 pcs .;
- vodka - 20 ml;
- sugar - 50 g;
- salt - a large shchipot;
- vegetable oil, icing sugar - how much is needed.
Method of preparation:
- Sift flour.
- In a bowl, combine the eggs, sugar, salt and vodka. Whisk with a whisk.
- When the egg mixture brightens, add flour. First stir with a spoon, then transfer the dough onto the working surface of the table and knead it with your hands. You need to knead until the dough stops sticking to your hands.
- Roll the dough into a bowl, put it in a plastic bag and put it in the fridge for half an hour.
- Divide the dough into several pieces. Roll one into a rectangular layer and cut it into pieces 4-5 cm wide, 8-10 cm long. Cut holes in each piece into which you need to pass the ends of all the rectangles, as if turning the dough inside out.
- Fry the brushwood in a large amount of boiling oil, put it in a sieve and wait for the oil to drain. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
In the same way, make brushwood from the remaining dough. Cookies made according to this recipe are always crispy.
A simple recipe for brushwood from yolks with cream
Composition:
- egg yolks - 4 pcs .;
- cream - 40 ml;
- sugar - 100 g;
- flour - 140-160 g;
- vegetable oil - as required.
Method of preparation:
- Separate the yolks from the proteins. Place the proteins in a clean jar and put them in the fridge to use for cooking other dishes. Grind the yolks with sugar.
- Pour cold cream over yolks, beat with a whisk.
- Gradually adding the sifted flour, knead the elastic dough. Roll it into a thin layer.
- Cut the dough into squares, make cuts from the corners of the squares to the center. The result is a shape resembling 4 triangles converging to the center. Fold one corner of each of these triangles toward the center. The result will be a design resembling a children's turntable spinning in the wind. Form such figures from other squares.
- Fry the brushwood in deep fat, put on a plate covered with a napkin.
Brushwood for this recipe is sweet and crispy. Products for its preparation requires a minimum amount. Time for the culinary process also takes a bit.
Brushwood on mineral water
Composition:
- mineral water (with gas) - 0, 25 l;
- flour - 0.5 kg;
- mayonnaise (you can lean) - 40 ml;
- sugar - to taste;
- vegetable oil - as needed.
Method of preparation:
- Sift flour, make a well in the center.
- Mix mineral water with salt, sugar, mayonnaise. Pour the mixture into the groove in the center of the flour knoll.
- Knead the dough. Leave it under cling film for 20-30 minutes.
- Split the dough in half. Roll one piece into a 1-2 mm thick formation. Sprinkle with flour and roll.
- Use a sharp knife to cut the roll into pieces 1, 5-2 cm thick. Fry the coils in a large amount of boiling oil.
Treats made according to this recipe can be eaten in the post. Most vegetarians will not give it up. Another advantage of this option of making brushwood is cost-effective.
Nutwood on sour cream
Composition:
- flour - 0, 5 kg;
- walnut kernels - 50 g;
- sour cream - 0, 2 l;
- sugar - 100 g;
- soda - 5 g;
- vegetable oil - as required.
Method of preparation:
- Sift flour.
- Dry the nuts in a frying pan without adding oil, chop with a coffee grinder or blender to a state of dust, mix with flour.
- Mix sour cream with soda and sugar.
- Combine the flour with sour cream and knead the dough.
- Roll out the dough in a thin layer, cut into small rectangles, twist them to make figures resembling butterflies.
- Deep-fry them.
Before serving, brushwood does not hurt to sprinkle with powdered sugar. According to this recipe, it turns out lush and tender.
Brushwood in Tatar
Composition:
- chicken egg - 6 pcs .;
- sugar - 1 kg;
- water - 0, 75 l;
- soda - a large pinch;
- flour, vegetable oil - as required.
Method of preparation:
- Break eggs into a bowl, add 100 g of sugar to them, pour 100 ml of cold water. Whisk with a whisk.
- Soda quench with vinegar, add to the egg mixture.
- Gradually adding the sifted flour, knead the dough like a dumpling.
- Divide into 6 parts.
- Roll the first part into a layer about 5 mm thick, cut it into strips 2-3 cm wide. Wind the strips on sticks, getting spirals resembling roses.
- Make roses from the remaining dough.
- Fry the brushwood in a lot of oil.
- Boil syrup from the remaining water and sugar.
- Pour syrup over the brushwood, fold it in a colander to let the syrup stack. Give the roses a chance to dry and serve.
Instead of sugar syrup, you can make honey by mixing melted honey and water in a 1: 1 ratio.
Kefir brushwood
Composition:
- flour - 0, 5 kg;
- egg yolks - 3 pcs .;
- olive oil (in dough) - 40 ml;
- sugar - 80 g;
- kefir - 0, 3 l;
- soda - 5 g;
- salt - 5 g;
- cooking oil for frying - as needed.
Method of preparation:
- Sift flour.
- Pour two glasses of flour into a bowl. Make a recess in the center.
- Separately combine and whisk kefir, yolks, salt, soda and sugar with a whisk.
- Pour the mixture into the flour, mix.
- Gradually add the remaining flour, knead the dough.
- Put it in the refrigerator for half an hour, then roll it out, cut it into diamonds or rectangles, give them the shape of brushwood.
- Fry the cookies in vegetable oil without saving this product.
When serving, it is recommended to pour the brushwood with melted honey or condensed milk, although it will be delicious without this addition.
Brushwood is a traditional crunchy cookie that is easy to make at home. Serve it for tea, coffee, cocoa or eat separately.
