Soft Farmers Cheese Cookies Recipes

GOOSE FEET COOKIES (GUSINIE LAPKI)

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.
• In a large bowl, mix together cheese, butter, vanilla seeds, and orange zest with a wooden spoon until well combined. Add flour mixture and stir until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Transfer dough to a piece of plastic wrap, shape into a disk, and wrap tightly. Refrigerate 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough 1/8 inch thick. Using a 4-inch round cutter, cut out rounds. Gather dough scraps, reroll, and cut out more rounds.
• Place granulated sugar in a wide shallow bowl. Working with one round at a time, brush with water, then dip in sugar to coat. Fold round in half, covering sugar; fold in half again. Place seven cookies on each of two parchment-lined baking sheets. Brush tops with egg wash and sprinkle with coarse sanding sugar. Bake until golden, 25 to 30 minutes. Transfer sheets to wire racks; let cool completely. Cookies are best eaten the day they are made.

SOFT FARMER'S CHEESE COOKIES

Steps:

• Grate the chilled butter on a box grater.
• Add the farmer's cheese and flour. Use your hands to quickly mix the ingredients together. It will be a very dry and crumbly texture.
• Add the egg yolks and water. Mix the dough and knead on the counter until it comes together.
• Form the dough into a disc and wrap it up in aluminum foil or parchment paper. Refrigerate for at least an hour.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Break off part of the dough and roll it out thinly on a well floured surface.
• Use a biscuit cutter (about 3 inches), an overturned cup or glass (preferably with thin edgeor anything else that is round and will be able to cut through the dough and press out as much circles from the dough as possible.
• Save the scraps, scrunch them into a little ball and refrigerate until it's firm again.(Also keep the rest of the dough refrigerated when you're not using it.)
• Put the sugar into a bowl and press one side of the circle of dough into the sugar.
• Fold it in half to form a half moon shape. Press one side into the sugar again, fold it in half and press one of the sides in the sugar.
• Repeat with the rest of the dough. You will have 80-100 cookies, depending on the size that you make them.
• Place the cookies sugar side up on the prepared baking sheet. Bake for 20 - 25 minutes, until the cookies are puffed up and golden brown.