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Brushwood is the best recipe. Kefir based

Brushwood is the best recipe. Kefir based

Crispy sticks and curls, the taste of which is familiar to many from childhood, can compete with popcorn, corn sticks, chips and other snacks. Sweet brushwood serves as an independent dessert that you can crunch on when the whole family gathers in front of the TV in the evening; it is also served with tea, coffee, and cocoa. You can buy this delicacy in some supermarkets, but it won’t be cheap, and not in every one. locality There is a store or cafe that produces similar sweets. But every housewife can make brushwood at home. The necessary skills are developed quickly, so even a novice cook can master recipes for making crispy dough figures.

Cooking features

Making homemade brushwood requires some culinary skill, but many novice housewives manage to make tasty and appetizing curls the first time. Even if the first experiment is not crowned with 100% success, do not despair: the second time you will almost certainly get the brushwood that you hope to get, that is, golden, crispy, and tasty. Knowing some subtleties will make the task easier.

  • To obtain crispy products, mineral water or alcoholic drinks are added to the dough. Sour cream, kefir, and cottage cheese allow you to make more tender, but slightly less crunchy cookies. Choose a dessert recipe in accordance with the result you intend to get.
  • The dough for making brushwood is rolled out thinly so that it is fried as quickly as possible, and folded in a special way. Usually, to do this, a layer of dough is cut into rectangles or diamonds, a longitudinal cut is made in the center, the ends of the dough are threaded into it and it is as if it is turned inside out. Other options are also 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. More more options gives the use of cookie cutters.
  • It is necessary to fry the brushwood in a large amount of preheated oil, each time removing the fried pieces of dough that have fallen off the brushwood. If a lot of products are fried, it is advisable to change the oil periodically. The quality of the oil also matters. Preference is given to refined vegetable products and always fresh, without rancid odor.
  • After frying, the brushwood must be placed on a napkin so that it absorbs excess fat.

Before serving, brushwood is often sprinkled with powdered sugar, honey or condensed milk. It is not advisable to process products with liquid products immediately after cooking, otherwise the brushwood may soften and stop crunching.

Classic recipe for homemade brushwood made from milk dough

  • wheat flour – 0.5 kg;
  • chicken egg – 3 pcs.;
  • milk – 125 ml;
  • sugar – 125 g;
  • salt – 5 g;
  • vegetable oil– 0.5 l;
  • powdered sugar – 50 g.

Cooking method:

  • Break the eggs into a bowl, add salt and sugar to them, and mash thoroughly.
  • Pour in milk and two tablespoons of vegetable oil. Whisk until a homogeneous mixture is obtained.
  • Add flour in small portions and knead into an elastic dough.
  • Sprinkle flour on a silicone mat or board, lay out the dough and roll it out to a thickness of no more than half a centimeter.
  • Cut the layer into diamonds about 10–12 cm long and one and a half to two times less wide. Make a cut in the center of each diamond and turn the edges through it, maybe twice.
  • Heat the remaining oil in a saucepan. Dip several pieces of dough into it and deep-fry them until they acquire a characteristic golden hue. Use a slotted spoon to place the fried brushwood on a napkin.

Before serving, sprinkle the brushwood with powdered sugar. If you were unable to purchase it, you can make it from granulated sugar by grinding it using a blender or coffee grinder.

Crispy brushwood (recipe with vodka)

Compound:

  • flour – 0.25 kg;
  • chicken egg – 2 pcs.;
  • vodka – 20 ml;
  • sugar – 50 g;
  • salt - a large pinch;
  • vegetable oil, powdered sugar - as needed.

Cooking method:

  • Sift the flour.
  • In a bowl, combine eggs, sugar, salt and vodka. Whisk.
  • When the egg mixture has lightened, add flour. First, stir with a spoon, then transfer the dough to the work surface and knead it with your hands. You need to knead until the dough stops sticking to your hands.
  • Roll the dough into a ball, place it in a plastic bag and put it in the refrigerator for half an hour.
  • Divide the dough into several parts. Roll one into a rectangular layer and cut it into pieces 4–5 cm wide and 8–10 cm long. Cut holes in each piece into which you need to insert the ends of all 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 prepared according to this recipe always turn out crispy.

A simple recipe for brushwood from yolks with cream

  • egg yolks – 4 pcs.;
  • cream – 40 ml;
  • sugar – 100 g;
  • flour – 140–160 g;

Cooking method:

  • Separate the yolks from the whites. Place the whites in a clean jar and put them in the refrigerator to use in other dishes. Grind the yolks with sugar.
  • Pour cold cream into the yolks, beat with a whisk.
  • Gradually adding sifted flour, knead elastic dough. Roll it into a thin layer.
  • Cut the dough into squares, making cuts from the corners of the squares to the center. The result will be a figure resembling 4 triangles converging to the center. Fold one corner of each of these triangles towards the center. The result will be a design reminiscent of a children's pinwheel spinning in the wind. Form such figures from other squares.
  • Deep fry the brushwood and place it on a plate lined with a napkin.

The brushwood in this recipe turns out sweet and crispy. A minimum amount of ingredients is required for its preparation. The cooking process also takes a little time.

Brushwood on mineral water

  • mineral water (carbonated) – 0.25 l;
  • flour – 0.5 kg;
  • mayonnaise (can be lean) – 40 ml;
  • sugar - to taste;
  • vegetable oil - as much as needed.

Cooking method:

  • Sift the flour and make a well in the center.
  • Mix mineral water with salt, sugar, mayonnaise. Pour the mixture into the well in the center of the flour mound.
  • Knead the dough. Leave it under cling film for 20-30 minutes.
  • Divide the dough in half. Roll one part into a layer 1–2 mm thick. Sprinkle it with flour and roll it into a roll.
  • Using a sharp knife, cut the roll into pieces 1.5–2 cm thick. Fry the spirals in a large amount of boiling oil.

The delicacy prepared according to this recipe can be eaten during Lent. Most vegetarians will not refuse it either. Another advantage of this option for preparing brushwood is its cost-effectiveness.

Walnut brushwood with sour cream

  • flour – 0.5 kg;
  • kernels walnuts– 50 g;
  • sour cream – 0.2 l;
  • sugar – 100 g;
  • soda – 5 g;
  • vegetable oil - as much as needed.

Cooking method:

  • Sift the flour.
  • Dry the nuts in a frying pan without adding oil, grind with a coffee grinder or blender until dusty, mix with flour.
  • Mix sour cream with soda and sugar.
  • Combine flour with sour cream and knead the dough.
  • Roll out the dough into a thin layer, cut into small rectangles, twist them to make figures resembling butterflies.
  • Deep fry them.

Before serving, it doesn’t hurt to sprinkle the brushwood with powdered sugar. This recipe makes it fluffy and tender.

Tatar brushwood

  • chicken egg – 6 pcs.;
  • sugar – 1 kg;
  • water – 0.75 l;
  • soda - a large pinch;
  • flour, vegetable oil - as needed.

Cooking method:

  • Break the eggs into a bowl, add 100 g of sugar to them, pour in 100 ml cold water. Whisk.
  • Quench the baking soda with vinegar and add to the egg mixture.
  • Gradually adding sifted flour, knead the dough like dumplings.
  • Divide into 6 parts.
  • Roll out the first part into a layer about 5 mm thick, cut it into strips 2–3 cm wide. Wind the strips onto sticks, creating spirals resembling roses.
  • Make roses from the remaining dough.
  • Fry the brushwood in plenty of oil.
  • Make syrup from the remaining water and sugar.
  • Pour the syrup over the brushwood, place it in a colander to allow the syrup to drain. Give the roses a chance to dry and serve.

Instead of sugar syrup, you can make honey syrup by mixing melted honey and water in a 1:1 ratio.

Kefir dough brushwood

  • 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;
  • vegetable oil for frying - as much as needed.

Cooking method:

  • Sift the flour.
  • Place two cups of flour into a bowl. Make a depression in the center.
  • Separately, combine and whisk kefir, yolks, salt, soda and sugar.
  • Pour the resulting mixture into the flour, stir.
  • Gradually adding 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, and give them the shape of brushwood.
  • Fry the cookies in vegetable oil without saving this product.

Brushwood is a traditional crispy cookie that is easy to make at home. Serve it with tea, coffee, cocoa or eat it separately.

Khvost is a pastry that everyone knows. There are many recipes for brushwood; each housewife has her own favorite version.
The dough for real brushwood is rolled out very, very thin, and what you have is a cookie; brushwood is called that because it turns out to be very fragile and tender. And one more thing: when deep-frying, the food should not be crowded.

Simple brushwood recipe

Ingredients:
eggs (yolks) 6 pcs.
sugar 1 tablespoon
cream or sour cream 3/4 cup
flour 2.5 cups
Instructions:
Grind the yolks with sugar, pour in the cream, add flour and knead well. Divide the mass into 3 pieces, roll out until thin. Cut into strips 10 cm long and 2 cm wide. Cut each piece in the middle 3-4 cm and turn one end out.
Fry in melted boiling pork fat (or vegetable oil). Maybe in the duck house. Try not to overcook. And, having pulled out the brushwood onto a dish, do not forget to sprinkle it with powdered sugar.

Brushwood on sour cream

Break 3 eggs in a bowl, add 2-3 tablespoons of sour cream and 2 tablespoons of vodka or cognac, mix and beat. Take in parts and roll out thinly - thinly, until transparent and cut each piece into squares, fold so that they do not stick together. Boil 1 bottle of vegetable oil (half an hour over low heat) and cook the cubes until tender, remove with a colander. Boil 1 glass of honey and 1 glass of sugar. Make sure that the honey does not burn. When everything is cooked, pour honey over the brushwood, mix and place on a tray. Glue with wet hands.

Brushwood 2

4 eggs, 1 tablespoon sour cream, 1/4 cup milk, 2 tablespoons vodka or cognac, 1 teaspoon sugar, salt, about 3 cups flour.
Mix all ingredients, roll out thinly, cut into strips and fry in sunflower oil.

Brushwood 3

1 egg, 2 tablespoons of water, 4 tablespoons of vodka, flour.

Knead the dough. Take as much flour as you can handle. The dough should be cool. Divide the dough into 4 parts, each of which must be rolled out very thinly, cut into strips - approximately three centimeters wide and eight centimeters long. In the middle of each resulting strip, make a cut and thread one end through. Fry in sunflower oil, having previously heated it very much. The brushwood is ready as soon as it turns a slightly golden color. Cool the finished brushwood and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Brushwood 4

5 eggs, 1 tablespoon sour cream, 1 tablespoon alcohol, 1 tablespoon sugar.

Mix all the ingredients, add flour so that the dough is not too stiff, and let it rest. Then roll it out very thin, cut into strips and fry in a cauldron in hot cooking margarine. When cool, sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Brushwood 5

1/2 cup milk, 1 tablespoon sour cream, 3 yolks, 1 tablespoon sugar, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 2.5 cups flour.

Mix everything and knead into a stiff dough, roll out like noodles, cut into strips 10 cm long, intertwine 2-3 strips, connect their ends, you can cut into circles, cutting the edges, make roses. Bake in a boiling layer of fat, when the brushwood floats to the surface and browns, take it out and put it in a sieve or on paper, sprinkle with powdered sugar on top.
Brushwood with milk
Required Products:
wheat flour - 2 cups
milk - 1 tbsp. spoon
eggs - 2 pcs.
sugar - 1 tbsp. spoon
vegetable oil - 2 cups
salt - 1 pinch Method of preparation:

Grind the eggs with sugar, add milk, salt, flour and knead the dough.

Form a rope from the dough and cut it into pieces. Roll out the pieces of dough thinly, form them into juicy bows, and fry them in hot oil.

Serve the brushwood sprinkled with powdered sugar.

Brushwood 6

Ingredients

1 cup flour,

1 glass of water,

1 tablespoon sugar,

a pinch of soda,

50 gr. vodka,

vanilla, salt to taste.

However, the dough ingredients for Khvorost are not the most important thing. To bake brushwood you need a special mold. Molds (in the form of butterflies, flowers, etc., approximately 5-7 cm in diameter) are screwed onto a long rod slightly curved at the bottom. First, you need to heat the mold in vegetable oil (deep frying), then immerse 2/3 of the mold in the dough (the mold is already heated in the oil and the cold dough just sticks to it) and dip into boiling oil. Hold until golden brown, remove and lightly pry with a knife so that the “Brushwood” separates from the mold.

If you cook Khvorost this way, it will be thin and crispy. It tastes even better if you sprinkle it with powdered sugar (I also mix it with cinnamon - mine loves it very much).
Khrustiki
1 egg (yolk), 1 tablespoon sour cream, 1 tablespoon vodka, 1 teaspoon sugar, flour.

Sugar is needed to give it a beautiful color. We take enough flour so that the dough is stiff. Everything else is the same as with brushwood - knead it hard, roll it thin. Sprinkle the finished crisps with powdered sugar.

Brushwood 7

Ingredients
* 6 yolks
* beer
* OK. 300 g flour
* vegetable oil for frying
* powdered sugar for sprinkling finished products
Instructions
Prepare 2 identical glasses. Pour all the yolks into one, and into the second beer in the same volume that the yolks occupied in the first glass. Pour the contents of both glasses into a bowl, add flour and knead into a fairly stiff dough. Divide the dough into 4 - 5 parts. Roll out one part very thinly until transparent (so that it can be seen through the dough). working surface). The remaining pieces of dough should be covered with a towel or polyethylene so that they do not dry out.
Cut long strips of approx. wide from the rolled out dough. 3.5 - 4 cm. Cut them diagonally into shorter strips. Cut each strip in the middle to a length of about 4 cm. Take one end of the strip and thread it into the resulting slot.
Heat vegetable oil in a flat saucepan. Fry the brushwood until light, straw color. While the brushwood from the first part of the dough is fried, start forming the next portion. Be sure to cover the remaining dough carefully to prevent it from drying out.
Place the finished brushwood on a plate, first covering it with a paper towel to absorb excess oil.
Sprinkle the cooled brushwood with powdered sugar.

Spicy brushwood

Required: 2 eggs, 150 g of cheese, 200 g of flour, 300 ml of water, salt, pepper, cumin, 500-700 ml of any vegetable oil.

Cooking method. Grate the cheese on a fine grater, mix with flour, add water, eggs and seasonings. Mix all ingredients thoroughly.

Pour the finished batter into the boiling fat in a thin stream. Place the finished brushwood on a sieve or parchment paper. Once the excess fat has been removed, sprinkle the brushwood with the remaining grated cheese.

Such brushwood is an excellent snack for beer, and not only for beer.

Brushwood Recipe: Tricks

Required:

6 egg yolks,

100-150 g flour,

100 g sugar,

1 tbsp. l. Roma,

a pinch of cinnamon,

600-700 ml of refined vegetable oil.

Cooking method.

Grind the yolks with sugar until white, add flour, cinnamon, add rum and stir until smooth. The dough should turn out liquid. Pour the liquid dough into the boiling oil in a thin stream in different directions, forming any figures. Finished goods sprinkle with powdered sugar or serve with confiture.

Brushwood: Grapevine

Required:

300 g flour,

100 g sugar,

400 ml grape juice,

1 tbsp. l. vodka or alcohol,

700 ml vegetable oil.

Cooking method.

Pour 250 ml of wine juice and vodka into the flour, add eggs mashed with sugar and mix thoroughly.
Pour the resulting batter into the boiling oil in a thin stream and fry until done.
Pour the remaining juice over the finished products and serve.

Brushwood: Winter Cherry

Required:

6 egg yolks,

300 g flour,

50-70 g sugar,

1 tbsp. l. alcohol or vodka,

200 g pitted cherry jam,

600-700 ml vegetable oil,

250 g whipped cream.

Cooking method.

Grind the yolks with sugar, add flour, vodka and knead into a stiff dough. Roll out the finished dough into a thin layer and cut it into rectangles 8-10 cm wide and 10-15 cm long.
Pre-prepare the filling: place the jam in a colander and let the syrup drain. When the syrup has drained, transfer the cherries to a separate dish.
Now start stuffing the brushwood. To do this, place several cherries on each rectangle of dough and roll the dough into a tube. Pinch the ends of these tubes and brush with egg so that the juice from the cherries does not contaminate the deep fat.
Place the stuffed tubes into deep fat and fry until golden brown. Don’t forget to place the finished products on a sieve or blotting paper. Serve the stuffed brushwood with whipped cream.

Slasten's brushwood

Required:

160 ml of any vegetable oil,

1 glass of water,

700 g flour,

100-150 g sugar,

2 tbsp. l. Roma,

600-700 g fat for frying.

Cooking method.

Mix all ingredients thoroughly and knead into a stiff dough. Roll out the dough into a thin layer and cut into strips 2-3 cm wide. Intertwine two or three strips with each other and lower them into boiling fat.
Sprinkle the finished products with powdered sugar before serving.

Brushwood Gourmand

Required:

70 ml water,

1 tbsp. l. vodka,

600 g butter and half lard,

400 g flour,

150 g sugar, 1-2 tbsp. l. powdered sugar.

Cooking method.

Take two eggs and mash with 2 tbsp. l. sugar, add vodka, flour and knead a stiff dough. Roll out the dough into a layer 4-5 mm thick and cut into strips 5-7 cm wide. Cut the middle of the resulting strips and turn out one end. Melt the butter and lard in a thick-bottomed saucepan. When the fat boils, dip the dough pieces into it and fry. When the brushwood is browned on both sides, remove it with a slotted spoon, place it on a sieve or wax paper and sprinkle with sugar.

After excess fat has been removed, transfer the brushwood to a dish and serve.

"Brushwood"

For this dish we need...
- 1 glass of sour cream (200 gr.) It is better to take 30% fat, or add melted, butter, gram 50.
-2 cups of flour (in the photo I showed one cup).
- 30 grams of butter (I like it thicker, but if you’re counting calories, you don’t have to add it).
- 2 eggs. (Some recipes call for 2 yolks and 1 white, but I didn’t bother)
- a teaspoon of sugar (heaped)
- a teaspoon of vanilla sugar.
- half a teaspoon of salt. (During the cooking process, I added another pinch. I love the contrast of sugar and salt. But, this is already a gag.)
- half a teaspoon of baking soda.
- 2-3 tablespoons of brandy (in some recipes they add vodka or write that they add cognac, although they know very well that they themselves add brandy). Well, don’t be angry that I showed the whole bottle in the photo. During the cooking process, you can, very successfully, knock over a couple of glasses.
— Vegetable oil for frying. It took me about half a liter, even a little more. I just don't like frying many batches in the same oil. After one or two fried batches, I pour the boiling oil out of a dry mug, and throw out the remaining flour, etc. I wash the pan and add the used oil again if it has not yet browned too much. You can dilute it fresh. But! After 3-4 batches, the oil needs to be CHANGED! There is no need to spare $1 in the name of saving on the taste of the entire dish.
- Powdered sugar, for sprinkling on the finished twigs.

Pour the flour into a deep, dry container (bowl), and evenly pour the baking soda into it. Mix everything thoroughly. Place sour cream in another bowl, beat in 2 eggs, stir until smooth, add sugar, vanilla (or vanilla sugar), salt and 30 grams of melted butter. Add 3 tablespoons of brandy and mix everything thoroughly again. Then, gradually add flour into the container with the sour cream mixture, stirring constantly, that is, we don’t need lumps of flour. When all the flour is more or less mixed in the sour cream mass, check the dough. The test is simple - stick your finger into the dough and pull it out. If the dough sticks to your finger, you need to add more flour. Knead the dough with your hands, like making pies. When it finishes sticking to the palms, and when pierced it does not stick to the finger, it means that it is ready.
Leave the dough for half an hour to settle and soak in all the flavors.
We drink a glass of brandy and continue.
We tear off a lump of 7 centimeters from the entire piece of dough and roll it out with a rolling pin (damn, I forgot what this tool is called. Like a rolling pin?) damn it, 1-1.5 mm thick. Don’t forget to sprinkle the rolling area with flour, so it won’t stick.
Using a sharp knife, cut the rolled out pancake into strips 2 cm by 7-8 cm and make a cut in their center, exactly in the middle. Then, using our hands, carefully, without tearing the strip, we screw one end through the slot and thereby form a “spiral” product. Crap! Well, how else can I describe this? In general, everything is visible in the photograph.

Pour vegetable oil (sunflower) into the frying pan. The oil layer should be about 2-3 centimeters. The task is to dip all the pieces entirely. You can also fry it in a deep fryer.
Through experience, I realized that it is better to fry over higher heat, but for less time. Then the vegetable oil will not have time to completely saturate the cookie and it will be more tasty.
I fried one batch for about 30 seconds.

Dump the fried batch of twigs onto a napkin, which will absorb excess fat. Cover the top new napkin, onto which we dump the next batch. Place the finished “brushwood” on a dish, sprinkle each row generously with powdered sugar and...... Well, enjoy!

Pieces of light crispy fried dough sprinkled with powdered sugar - this is brushwood. In the step-by-step classic recipe, pieces of dough can be cut into thick or thin strips, triangles, diamonds or curls. Therefore, everyone chooses the form for this delicacy according to their own taste. This is a very high-calorie pastry that should be consumed carefully if you care about your figure. But surely no one will refuse a couple of pieces of crispy and aromatic brushwood, which is perfect for morning tea without any other additives.

Brushwood: classic recipe (step by step) - general principles of preparation

The dough for brushwood is mixed with water, milk, kefir or sour cream. Be sure to add egg, salt, sugar and flour to the dough. The finished dense dough is removed for a while to infuse, and then rolled out to a thickness of about 1 mm.

To fry brushwood, a large amount of vegetable oil is used, in which, floating, the pieces of brushwood are fried. If the dough is prepared correctly, the brushwood in the oil will sizzle during cooking.

The finished brushwood should be immediately moved to paper napkins so that they remove excess fat. Then the dish, while it is hot, should be transferred to a plate. Hot brushwood in the classic step-by-step recipe can be decorated with powdered sugar, ground walnuts or pistachios, condensed milk or ground red pepper to your own taste.

Vodka-based brushwood: a step-by-step classic recipe

Ingredients:

Three chicken eggs;

1 g vanilla sugar;

50 ml vodka (can be replaced with rum or table white wine);

200 ml vegetable oil;

150 g powdered sugar;

A pinch of salt.

Cooking method:

1. Break the eggs into a bowl and beat a little with a whisk until smooth.

2. Add vodka, vanilla sugar and salt to the bowl. Beat again with a whisk or mixer.

3. Sift the wheat flour directly into the bowl with the rest of the products.

4. Knead the dough with your hands; to do this, you can dump the mixture on the table. It shouldn't stick too much to your hands.

5. Cut the dough into 2-3 parts for ease of rolling.

6. Using a rolling pin, roll out pieces of dough one by one on the table to a thickness of 1-2 mm. If during rolling the dough sticks to the surface, then you need to add flour.

7. Now, using a regular or figured knife, you need to cut the dough into diamonds.

8. In the center of each diamond, make a small cut into which you need to insert and stretch the sharp side of the diamond. Do the same with all the diamond-shaped brushwood blanks of the classic recipe.

9. Step-by-step preparation continues by heating the vegetable oil. To do this, you need to pour it into a saucepan or saucepan and heat it well to a boil over moderate heat on the stove.

10. Place the brushwood pieces one at a time in hot oil and deep-fry until golden brown on all sides. By the way, you can use a household deep fryer for frying, if you have one at home.

11. The oil should begin to actively sizzle upon contact with the dough. Only in this case will the brushwood be crispy.

12. Fry all the brushwood one by one.

13. At the same time, you need to prepare paper towels. Place fried brushwood on them for a few minutes to remove excess fat.

14. Then place the brushwood on a plate prepared for serving.

15. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. For uniform sprinkling, you can use a small iron sieve.

16. It is better to serve brushwood to the table right away, while it is still crunchy.

Brushwood (Tatar curls): classic step-by-step recipe

Ingredients:

300 g wheat flour premium;

150 g of cool boiled water;

Two chicken eggs;

100 g granulated sugar or powdered sugar;

A pinch of salt;

400-500 ml vegetable oil;

150 g of flower honey.

Cooking method:

1. Pour cool water into a mixing bowl and add eggs.

2. Mix with a whisk until almost homogeneous, but not to a fluffy foam.

3. Add salt and sugar.

4. Beat with a whisk or mixer until the mass has a homogeneous structure.

5. Sift the wheat flour through a sieve onto the table and make a well in the center with your hand.

6. Pour the contents of the bowl into the well.

7. Use your palms to pour flour from the edges into the center of the depression, starting to knead.

8. Now, pressing inside palms on the dough, knead it until elastic. The dough should not spread in your hands.

9. Place it in plastic bag for 20-30 minutes. It will “ripen” and the sticky qualities of the flour will be more pronounced.

10. Then take the dough out of the bag and divide it into two or three parts.

11. Roll out all the pieces of dough one at a time into thin layers (1-2 mm thick) and place on the table. They should dry out a little.

12. Cut the dough with a regular or special shaped knife (the cut line should be wavy) into strips of 2 cm and a length of approximately 15-20 cm.

13. Then you will need a wooden stick with a base diameter of about 2 cm. It can serve as a narrow part of a wooden rolling pin or a whisk holder. The main criterion is that the stick is made of wood.

14. In the meantime, you need to prepare the deep fat. Pour the oil into the pan and heat almost to boiling point. By the way, the amount of oil is affected by the width of the deep-frying bowl or saucepan. If the bowl is quite wide, you will need more oil than indicated in the ingredients list.

16. Dip the spiral on a stick into boiling oil and carefully remove the stick.

17. The entire spiral should remain fried in the oil.

18. If the deep frying bowl is wide enough, you can fry several of these spiral twigs at once.

19. Fry all the strips of dough using the indicated method.

20. Then place paper napkins on the table in several layers and place brushwood on them to degrease.

21. Place the brushwood on a wide dish and generously pour in liquid flower honey.

22. This treat can be served even cold.

Yeast brushwood: a step-by-step classic recipe

Ingredients:

250 g of premium wheat flour;

50 g flax seed flour;

11 g fast-acting dry yeast (sachet);

150 ml warm water;

A pinch of ground cinnamon;

One chicken egg;

50 g granulated sugar;

A pinch of salt;

400 g vegetable oil;

50 g powdered sugar;

50 g walnuts.

Cooking method:

1. Mix yeast with warm water in a bowl and leave for a few minutes to activate. They should completely dissolve.

2. Add room temperature egg, sugar and salt. If the ingredients are cool, the yeast will not rise.

3. Stir with your hand or spatula.

4. Mix wheat flour with flaxseed flour. Its addition guarantees additional enrichment of brushwood with vitamins and microelements and increases its nutritional value in proteins.

5. Sift all the flour through a clean sieve.

6. Divide the flour into two equal parts and pour half into the bowl with the ingredients.

7. Stir with your hand.

8. Pour the second part of the flour onto the table.

9. Pour the contents of the bowl onto the flour.

10. Quickly knead into an elastic, dense dough with your hands.

11. Place the lump of dough in a clean bowl and lightly dust with flour.

12. Cover with a clean kitchen towel and leave for fermentation in a warm place without drafts. This will take approximately one hour.

13. In the meantime, make the sprinkles. To do this, bake a little in a frying pan without oil. walnuts.

14. Peel the dark skins from the nuts and grind them into crumbs. This can be done by hand or by placing the nuts in a bag and rolling them out with a rolling pin.

15. In a separate bowl, mix nuts and powdered sugar. This will be the sprinkle for the brushwood.

16. When the dough has risen, lower it slightly by kneading it with your hand. Put it back in a warm place for another quarter of an hour.

17. After the second rise, dump the dough onto the table.

18. Sprinkle with ground cinnamon and knead it a little so that it spreads a little throughout the dough. If desired, you can add cinnamon at the beginning of the kneading.

19. Roll out the dough with a rolling pin to a sheet 1-2 mm thick.

20. Cut the sheet into strips 8-9 cm long and 3-4 cm thick.

21. In a tall saucepan, heat the oil until boiling.

22. Place the strips into the oil one at a time. If done correctly, it will boil.

23. Place the brushwood pieces in oil and fry them until golden brown on both sides. There should be enough oil so that the workpieces float slightly in it.

24. Now you need to place the finished brushwood on a paper towel for a minute, and then place it on a serving dish.

25. A step-by-step recipe for classic yeast bread involves serving the dish while it is still hot. You just need to sprinkle the brushwood with the sugar-nut mixture and you can enjoy the delicious delicacy.

Brushwood: classic recipe (step by step) - tricks and useful tips

To make the brushwood fluffy, you need to add sifted flour to the dough.

To make it easier to cut the dough, you need to leave it to dry for a while.

if you have special form for brushwood, it can be prepared from batter.

In addition to vegetable oil, brushwood can be fried in lard or ghee.

The brushwood blanks should only be dipped into well-heated boiling oil.

If after frying one of the batches of brushwood there are pieces of dough left in the frying pan, it is better to remove them with a slotted spoon, otherwise they may spoil the taste of other brushwood preparations.

After some time, the brushwood may soften and stop crunching, so it is better to serve it immediately after cooking.

Such a delicious culinary product made from dough, like brushwood, can be done very simply. Prepare brushwood dough no problem either. Dough for brushwood can be made with milk and even water. And so that brushwood was crispier, you can add cognac, rum, fortified grape wine or vodka to the dough. In this article, I do not aim to talk about all the delicious recipes for making brushwood. I just want to do delicious brushwood and show in the photo the process of its preparation, as well as the preparation of dough for brushwood, using the simplest recipe. Prepare brushwood dough I will use milk and sour cream with the addition of eggs.

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Brushwood and dough for brushwood, a simple recipe

The recipe for making the dough for brushwood and the brushwood itself is not at all complicated, and even, one might say, simple. To make the dough and brushwood is not required large quantity products, and its preparation does not take much time.

To prepare the dough and brushwood with milk and sour cream with the addition of eggs, we will need:

Flour – 3 cups;

Eggs – 3 pieces;

Sour cream – 1 tbsp. spoon;

Milk – 0.5 cups;

Vodka – 1 tbsp. spoon;

Sugar – 2 tbsp. spoons;

Powdered sugar (for sprinkling brushwood) – 0.5 cups (I make it myself from sugar, grinding it in a coffee grinder);

Salt – 1/4 teaspoon;

Vegetable oil – 400 grams.

How to make dough for brushwood, how to cook brushwood, step-by-step recipe with photos

To make brushwood, you need to prepare dough for brushwood, for which you add eggs, sour cream, milk, sugar, salt to the flour and knead it all to get the dough. Roll out the finished dough, cut into strips, make slits in them, through which you twist the strips, then fry them in hot oil and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

And now step by step recipe preparing brushwood with photos.

First I cook brushwood dough. I sift the flour into a bowl, beat in the eggs, put a spoonful of sour cream, pour in the milk, add sugar and salt. If you have it, it would be nice to add a tablespoon of cognac, rum or fortified grape wine to the dough. This time I will use one tablespoon of vodka, which I also add to the above ingredients. From all the ingredients received, I knead the mixture directly in the bowl with my hands. brushwood dough. I place the resulting dough from the bowl onto the table. To prevent the dough from sticking to the table when rolling, you can lightly dust it with flour.

Using a rolling pin, I roll out a layer of dough 3–4 millimeters thick and cut it into strips 2–3 centimeters wide and 10–12 centimeters long. In the middle of each strip I make a longitudinal cut with a knife.


Then I turn each strip inside out through the cut made in it, passing one of the ends of the strip through it.

I put a deep frying pan on the stove and pour 0.4 liters of sunflower oil into it. When the oil warms up well and begins to boil, I lower the prepared strips of brushwood into it, 3 to 4 pieces at a time.

Fry the brushwood in oil until golden brown.

Do you want to surprise and delight your guests or family?! Make them “Brushwood” cookies. The result is a very original cookie with a bright taste. Thin cookies look like tied bows. A bowl with a heap of such crispy cookies will always delight the kids.

There is no need to use an oven to make cookies. Cookies are cooked in a frying pan. If you currently don’t have the opportunity to bake something tasty, this recipe will save the day.

Recipe for making brushwood “Crispy”

To make “Khvorost” cookies you will need the following ingredients:

  • 4-5 eggs;
  • one glass of cold water (at room temperature);
  • 2-3 cups flour;
  • salt;
  • powdered sugar;
  • 2 tablespoons of vodka;
  • sunflower oil for frying.
  • Break the eggs into a container and pour a glass of cold water (at room temperature, but not hot). Mix eggs with water. Add two tablespoons of pure vodka to the mixture. Pour two cups of flour into a container and add a pinch of salt. Stir the dough thoroughly. For cookies, you need to knead the dough thoroughly. If necessary, you can add more flour to it.
  • When the dough is completely ready, roll it out with a rolling pin into a very thin sheet. The thinner the sheet, the crispier the finished cookies will be. Carefully cut the rolled out dough into small strips, approximately 7 x 2 cm. Twist the resulting strips into bows.
  • Place a frying pan on low heat sunflower oil. Heat the oil and place the bows in it. Fry the cookies in hot oil for several minutes, turning constantly. The cookies should be crispy and brown in color. When the brushwood has cooled a little, roll each cookie in powdered sugar.
  • A crunchy and sweet treat is ready. It goes perfectly with hot tea or coffee. Children can make these cookies instead of chips. In terms of structure and contagiousness, cookies are very similar to chips, only much safer.

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Recipe for making brushwood “Fragrant”

Ingredients for making Khvorost cookies:

  • 1 glass of sour cream,
  • 2 eggs,
  • 2 tbsp. spoons of granulated sugar,
  • 2 tbsp. spoons of balm,
  • butter the size of a walnut,
  • flour,
  • vegetable oil for frying.

Preparing “Khvorost” cookies:

  • Grind the egg with granulated sugar in a saucepan.
  • Add balm. Mix. The balm gives flavor to the dough. Therefore, other seasonings (vanilla, cinnamon, etc.) will be superfluous here.
  • Mash the butter on a plate with a fork and place in a saucepan. Mix. The butter should be soft, but not melted.
  • Add sour cream. And mix everything again.
  • We begin to gradually introduce flour, stirring constantly.
  • The dough becomes more and more thick.
  • When the dough becomes elastic and can be kneaded with your hands, go to the table and knead the dough on the table.
  • As soon as the dough stops sticking to your hands, you can roll it out. Divide the dough into two or three parts (depending on how much space you have on your table) and roll out thinly from about 0.3-0.4 cm to 0.5-0.6 cm.
  • We cut the dough into rectangles and make a cut in the center of each rectangle for molding. It is not necessary to measure out rectangles: this is what home baking is all about, that there is nothing stamped and everything is done conscientiously and with soul, as they say.
  • We form brushwood.
  • On one side, we wrap the ends of the rectangle inside the cut (down), and on the other side, we turn it inside out. This is usually how brushwood is shaped, which is why this delicacy looks like brushwood. Although you can use your imagination. If the dough breaks, you can tie it with a weak knot: it will also look interesting.
  • We carry out all the same procedures with the remaining parts of the test.
  • In heated oil (there should be enough oil so that the brushwood can be completely immersed) we lower the brushwood blanks.
  • As soon as they are browned, turn them over to the other side.
  • When the second side turns brown, remove it.
  • The brushwood is ready. It gives off such a wonderful herbal-spicy aroma that you definitely want to try it!

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Recipe for making brushwood cookies “Ancient”

Previously, for brushwood, a very stiff unleavened dough was kneaded from flour, water and eggs with the addition of a small amount of salt. This dough was rolled out into a thin layer 1-1.5 mm thick and made into brushwood blanks. There were several ways to do this:

1) roses: cut out circles of three sizes from dough ( large diameter about 6-7 cm, medium - 4-5 cm and small - 3-4 cm), cuts were made along the edges; they placed the mugs one on top of the other and pressed down in the middle so that the mugs would stick together;

2) crown: cut out a circle with a diameter of 10-12 cm from the dough, making radial cuts starting from the center, not reaching 1.5-2 cm to the edges, and bending the corners;

3) braiding: we cut strips of dough 3 cm wide, made longitudinal cuts on them and braided them in the form of braids.

These preparations were fried in hot oil, taken out, sprinkled with sugar or poured with honey. Such brushwood is mentioned in monuments of the 16th-17th centuries. He was very dense. Then this method was improved, vodka was added to the dough, the rolled out layer of dough was greased with oil and rolled out again. The brushwood became softer.

Ingredients for making “Ancient” brushwood:

For the test

  • wheat flour 600 grams,
  • sugar 60 grams,
  • eggs 6 pieces,
  • water 200 milliliters,
  • vodka 30 milliliters,
  • salt.

For frying:

  • vegetable oil 300 milliliters.

To submit:

  • powdered sugar 60 grams.

The yield of finished brushwood is about 1 kilogram.

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Recipe for making brushwood cookies from “Modern” batter

When were they invented special devices for frying brushwood, the dough began to be made liquid and the products turned out tender and crumbly.

Ingredients for making brushwood from batter:

For the test:

  • flour 200 grams,
  • 1 egg,
  • soda,
  • sugar,
  • salt to taste.
  • you can add vanillin.
  • water is added to the consistency of thick sour cream.

Making brushwood from batter:

  • Break the eggs into the pan, add salt and sugar, stir well, add flour and, continuing to stir, add water to the consistency of thick sour cream.
  • In a small saucepan, heat the vegetable oil to 175-180″ C. After this, reduce the heat slightly.
  • A handle is screwed into one of the molds from the wide part, the mold is heated in oil, immersed in liquid dough, and transferred to heated fat for frying. As it fries, the dough lags behind the mold, sinking to the bottom of the pan with fat.
  • Remove the finished brushwood with a fork or slotted spoon and allow the fat to drain.
  • After baking the brushwood, wash the molds in hot water and dry.

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