Korzhyky Milk Shortbread
Anyone who went to school in the nineties knows the taste of a korzhyk, and it can be reproduced exactly. The trick is not to overwork the dough: shortbread is brought together in seconds. Every extra minute of kneading makes it hard instead of crumbly.
- Prep
- 20 min
- Cook
- 15 min
- Rest
- 30 min
- Total
- 1 h 5 min
- Servings
- 10
- Level
- Easy
- Per serving
- 240 kcal
Ingredients
Makes: 10 rounds
Shopping list
The ingredients for the servings you chose — copy them or send them to a messenger. Tick what you already have at home: only the rest goes on the list.
Method
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Step 1: Cream butter and sugar
Beat the soft butter with both sugars for 2 minutes until pale. The butter must be soft, not melted, or the rounds spread on the tray.
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Step 2: Add egg and milk
Mix in one egg and the milk. The mixture may look split — that is fine, the flour brings it together.
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Step 3: Bring the dough together fast
Add the flour, baking powder and salt and work for 20–30 seconds, just until it forms a ball. Long kneading develops gluten and makes the biscuit hard.
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Step 4: Chill
Wrap and refrigerate 30 minutes. Cold butter in the dough is what gives the crumbly texture these are loved for.
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Step 5: Cut the rounds
Roll to 1 cm and cut 8–9 cm circles with a glass. Thinner ones dry out, thicker ones stay raw in the middle.
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Step 6: Glaze and bake
Brush with beaten egg and bake 13–15 minutes at 190 °C until the edges are golden. The centre stays pale and finishes as it cools.
Tips & variations
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Tip
Too much flour is what makes them hard. The dough should be soft and slightly tacky — flour the bench, not the bowl.
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Tip
For the canteen shine, glaze with yolk and a spoon of milk rather than whole egg: the white dries matt.
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Variation
With raisins or nuts: 80 g folded in at the end. With poppy seeds: 2 tbsp in the dough and a scattering on top.
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Storage
A week in a closed tin — and they genuinely improve on day two. The milk keeps them from going stale quickly.
Nutrition
| 1 serving | Whole dish 10 servings | |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 240 kcal | 2,400 kcal |
| Protein | 4 g | 40 g |
| Fat | 9 g | 90 g |
| Carbohydrates | 36 g | 360 g |
Approximate values calculated from standard ingredient data.
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