Gata cookies - a real oriental sweet

Kitchen appliances and utensils:an oven, a baking sheet, parchment paper, a whisk, a large bowl or pan for kneading dough, a bowl or a small bowl for separately mixing kefir and eggs, a small bowl for the filling, a knife for cutting the dough.

Ingredients

Step cooking

1. To prepare the dough, pour 350 g of flour into a bowl, into which we grate 250 g of frozen butter on a coarse grater, grate the butter and flour in the process. Due to the consistency of the oil, it is very evenly distributed in the dough, and a loose mass should be obtained.
   
2. Add ¼ tsp salt and 100 g of sugar, mix thoroughly so that all ingredients are evenly distributed.
   
3. In a separate bowl with a whisk, lightly beat 1 chicken egg and mix with 300 g of kefir until smooth, then add 1 tsp. soda. We can observe the instant reaction of kefir with soda.
   
4. In a bowl with the bulk of the dough we make a deepening and pour out the previously obtained mixture of eggs and kefir. Knead the dough, gradually pour the remaining 300 g of flour. We are guided by the consistency, you should get a gentle, soft dough that should not stick to your hands. We cover it with cling film and send it to the refrigerator for 30 minutes, but for now we’ll deal with the filling.
   
5. In a small bowl we put 70 g of slightly melted butter, pour 100 g of flour and rub it into a homogeneous mass with light, gentle movements. Pour 150 g of white sugar and 100 g of cane sugar. If cane sugar is frozen in lumps, it is recommended to slightly heat it in the microwave, and its loose properties will be restored. Carefully grind the resulting bulk mixture. Add 1 tsp. vanilla extract and 1 tsp. baking powder, mix until smooth. You should get a friable, golden mixture with a wonderful vanilla aroma, if you squeeze it into a fist, then for a while it will keep the shape of a fist. The filling is ready and we can proceed to the formation of cookies.
   
6. Prepare a baking sheet in advance, which we cover with parchment paper. There is enough oil in the dough, so there is no need to grease the paper. We take the dough out of the refrigerator, divide it into three identical parts, two of which so far will go back, and we will work with the third. Lightly sprinkle the working surface and the dough with flour and roll into a rectangular layer 2-3 mm thick.
   
7. We spread the third part of the filling on the dough, distribute it in an even layer and twist the dough, squeezing it into the roll so that the dough literally mixes with the filling and it becomes flatter. You should get a long, slightly flat sausage.
   
8. We take a knife (if you can, you can take a figured one, it is also possible to use an ordinary kitchen knife) and cut the roll diagonally, the cookies should turn out about 4-5 cm thick.
   
9. We shift the formed cookies onto a baking sheet, shake the egg yolk and grease it on top. You can draw ornaments to your taste with a yolk fork, this will give the liver an oriental shade and make it even more appetizing.
   
10. The delicacy is placed in the oven, previously heated to 190 degrees. We bake for 20-30 minutes, focus on the power of your oven.
    

Important! You can adjust the degree to which you want to bake ghats yourself. If you prefer a drier cookie, then bake should be longer. If you are a lover of soft and tender goodies, then the time spent by the cookies in the oven will be much less.

While the first batch of goodies is being prepared, you can move on to the second. Repeat the same steps described above. We put the finished cookies on the pastry rack so that it cools down as soon as possible, and we could treat the family with an oriental delicacy.

Video recipe

We recommend that you personally see and enjoy the process of making oriental sweets - ghats. You can familiarize yourself in detail with the process of preparing goodies, learn a couple of secrets and learn all the intricacies of the dish.

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