One of the most important inventions of ancient Rome is the cookie! Nowadays it is hard to imagine the absence of this simple dessert on the store shelves. It seems that cookies have accompanied people forever. We can
‘t believe that sweet baked little shortcakes were once quite different. The
first cookies were not made sweet. It was a bread that was baked twice in order to keep longer.
Cookies for the Romans were a great solution for long hikes, as they did not spoil.
In the XXI century, cookies are used in a different way
.
Let’s tell you how to prepare soft apple cookies for tea.
Ingredients for apple cookies:
- eggs – 2 pcs;
- sugar – 100 g;
- butter – 100 g;
- flour – 350 g;
- leavening agent – 16 g;
- apples – 2 pcs;
- powdered sugar – to taste;
- cinnamon – to taste.
Preparation of apple cookies:
In a bowl break the eggs and beat with a mixer until homogeneous. Pour sugar into the egg
mixture
, continue to beat with a mixer until the grains of sand are dissolved. Pour
soft butter into the mixture, beat. Gradually sift flour into the obtained homogeneous mass, beat with a mixer until the dough is lump-free.
Do not forget to pour the leavening agent into the mixture together with the flour. Peel apples from peel and seed pods, cut into small pieces. Add the apple slices to the dough, stir.
Cover a baking tray with parchment, spoon portions of dough onto the surface.
Bake the cookies at 180 degrees in the oven for 20 minutes.
Mix cinnamon with powdered sugar, after cooking sprinkle the cookies with it. The result is a fragrant homemade apple cookies.
