My Russian Teacakes are too crumbly
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I am making Russian Teacakes. They have been refrigerated per the recipe for approximately 4 hours. I cannot roll the Teacakes into balls as the dough is too crumbly. Help!
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I am making Russian Teacakes. They have been refrigerated per the recipe for approximately 4 hours. I cannot roll the Teacakes into balls as the dough is too crumbly. Help!
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In the Russian teacake recipes I have seen, there are four main ingredients:
- flour
- butter
- nuts
- powdered sugar
If you cannot get your cookies to bind, you need to add more butter (the only ingredient with moisture). If you are refrigerating your dough, make sure to cover it so it does not dry out.
answered 6 hours ago
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Those are the ingredients in my recipe, and I have the dough covered.
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You missed the important bit: add more butter @Suzanne Please feed back after you've tried and if this answer helped, please don't forget to accept it... ;-)
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If you do not let this sort of dough warm up a bit after refrigerating, it will frequently crumble. Let the dough sit on the counter for 10-15 minutes and see if it's workable then. I sometimes let a dough like this come nearly all the way back up to room temperature in order to be able to shape it.
If after letting it warm back up, it's still too crumbly to shape, then add a little bit more butter, like mattm suggested.
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Funny you ask this question; I just finished making Russian tea-cakes. A bit of vanilla flavouring helps; I usually put in around 2 teaspoons for a batch of 40 (equivalent to 1 cup of butter and 3/4 cup of confectioner's sugar, if my memory serves me).
The trick that I use, which really helps, though, is actually a technique in rolling. We generally think that the way to make roll cookies is to take a blob of batter and simply roll it between the palms of one's hands. This technique works very poorly for Russian Tea Cakes, however, even if the batter is moist enough to work.
It works much better to take a blob of batter of the correct size to make a cookie and squash it flat between the palms of the hands. With the palms squashed against each other, start rolling them around as though you were rolling a cookie, but with your hands virtually touching each other. Slowly release the pressure while continuing to roll until the cookie is round and smooth, and voila!
The advantage of this technique actually also has a hidden benefit: the cookies (form my experience) tend to disintegrate less while coating them in icing sugar after cooing.
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In the Russian teacake recipes I have seen, there are four main ingredients:
- flour
- butter
- nuts
- powdered sugar
If you cannot get your cookies to bind, you need to add more butter (the only ingredient with moisture). If you are refrigerating your dough, make sure to cover it so it does not dry out.
answered 6 hours ago
mattm
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Those are the ingredients in my recipe, and I have the dough covered.
– Suzanne
6 hours ago
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You missed the important bit: add more butter @Suzanne Please feed back after you've tried and if this answer helped, please don't forget to accept it... ;-)
– Fabby
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In the Russian teacake recipes I have seen, there are four main ingredients:
- flour
- butter
- nuts
- powdered sugar
If you cannot get your cookies to bind, you need to add more butter (the only ingredient with moisture). If you are refrigerating your dough, make sure to cover it so it does not dry out.
answered 6 hours ago
mattm
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Those are the ingredients in my recipe, and I have the dough covered.
– Suzanne
6 hours ago
1
You missed the important bit: add more butter @Suzanne Please feed back after you've tried and if this answer helped, please don't forget to accept it... ;-)
– Fabby
4 hours ago
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up vote
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In the Russian teacake recipes I have seen, there are four main ingredients:
- flour
- butter
- nuts
- powdered sugar
If you cannot get your cookies to bind, you need to add more butter (the only ingredient with moisture). If you are refrigerating your dough, make sure to cover it so it does not dry out.
answered 6 hours ago
mattm
1,7871122
In the Russian teacake recipes I have seen, there are four main ingredients:
- flour
- butter
- nuts
- powdered sugar
If you cannot get your cookies to bind, you need to add more butter (the only ingredient with moisture). If you are refrigerating your dough, make sure to cover it so it does not dry out.
answered 6 hours ago
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mattm
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answered 6 hours ago
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answered 6 hours ago
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Those are the ingredients in my recipe, and I have the dough covered.
– Suzanne
6 hours ago
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You missed the important bit: add more butter @Suzanne Please feed back after you've tried and if this answer helped, please don't forget to accept it... ;-)
– Fabby
4 hours ago
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Those are the ingredients in my recipe, and I have the dough covered.
– Suzanne
6 hours ago
1
You missed the important bit: add more butter @Suzanne Please feed back after you've tried and if this answer helped, please don't forget to accept it... ;-)
– Fabby
4 hours ago
Those are the ingredients in my recipe, and I have the dough covered.
– Suzanne
6 hours ago
Those are the ingredients in my recipe, and I have the dough covered.
– Suzanne
6 hours ago
1
1
You missed the important bit: add more butter @Suzanne Please feed back after you've tried and if this answer helped, please don't forget to accept it... ;-)
– Fabby
4 hours ago
You missed the important bit: add more butter @Suzanne Please feed back after you've tried and if this answer helped, please don't forget to accept it... ;-)
– Fabby
4 hours ago
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up vote
1
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If you do not let this sort of dough warm up a bit after refrigerating, it will frequently crumble. Let the dough sit on the counter for 10-15 minutes and see if it's workable then. I sometimes let a dough like this come nearly all the way back up to room temperature in order to be able to shape it.
If after letting it warm back up, it's still too crumbly to shape, then add a little bit more butter, like mattm suggested.
answered 6 hours ago
Guildenstern
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If you do not let this sort of dough warm up a bit after refrigerating, it will frequently crumble. Let the dough sit on the counter for 10-15 minutes and see if it's workable then. I sometimes let a dough like this come nearly all the way back up to room temperature in order to be able to shape it.
If after letting it warm back up, it's still too crumbly to shape, then add a little bit more butter, like mattm suggested.
answered 6 hours ago
Guildenstern
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If you do not let this sort of dough warm up a bit after refrigerating, it will frequently crumble. Let the dough sit on the counter for 10-15 minutes and see if it's workable then. I sometimes let a dough like this come nearly all the way back up to room temperature in order to be able to shape it.
If after letting it warm back up, it's still too crumbly to shape, then add a little bit more butter, like mattm suggested.
answered 6 hours ago
Guildenstern
1864
If you do not let this sort of dough warm up a bit after refrigerating, it will frequently crumble. Let the dough sit on the counter for 10-15 minutes and see if it's workable then. I sometimes let a dough like this come nearly all the way back up to room temperature in order to be able to shape it.
If after letting it warm back up, it's still too crumbly to shape, then add a little bit more butter, like mattm suggested.
answered 6 hours ago
Guildenstern
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Funny you ask this question; I just finished making Russian tea-cakes. A bit of vanilla flavouring helps; I usually put in around 2 teaspoons for a batch of 40 (equivalent to 1 cup of butter and 3/4 cup of confectioner's sugar, if my memory serves me).
The trick that I use, which really helps, though, is actually a technique in rolling. We generally think that the way to make roll cookies is to take a blob of batter and simply roll it between the palms of one's hands. This technique works very poorly for Russian Tea Cakes, however, even if the batter is moist enough to work.
It works much better to take a blob of batter of the correct size to make a cookie and squash it flat between the palms of the hands. With the palms squashed against each other, start rolling them around as though you were rolling a cookie, but with your hands virtually touching each other. Slowly release the pressure while continuing to roll until the cookie is round and smooth, and voila!
The advantage of this technique actually also has a hidden benefit: the cookies (form my experience) tend to disintegrate less while coating them in icing sugar after cooing.
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Funny you ask this question; I just finished making Russian tea-cakes. A bit of vanilla flavouring helps; I usually put in around 2 teaspoons for a batch of 40 (equivalent to 1 cup of butter and 3/4 cup of confectioner's sugar, if my memory serves me).
The trick that I use, which really helps, though, is actually a technique in rolling. We generally think that the way to make roll cookies is to take a blob of batter and simply roll it between the palms of one's hands. This technique works very poorly for Russian Tea Cakes, however, even if the batter is moist enough to work.
It works much better to take a blob of batter of the correct size to make a cookie and squash it flat between the palms of the hands. With the palms squashed against each other, start rolling them around as though you were rolling a cookie, but with your hands virtually touching each other. Slowly release the pressure while continuing to roll until the cookie is round and smooth, and voila!
The advantage of this technique actually also has a hidden benefit: the cookies (form my experience) tend to disintegrate less while coating them in icing sugar after cooing.
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Funny you ask this question; I just finished making Russian tea-cakes. A bit of vanilla flavouring helps; I usually put in around 2 teaspoons for a batch of 40 (equivalent to 1 cup of butter and 3/4 cup of confectioner's sugar, if my memory serves me).
The trick that I use, which really helps, though, is actually a technique in rolling. We generally think that the way to make roll cookies is to take a blob of batter and simply roll it between the palms of one's hands. This technique works very poorly for Russian Tea Cakes, however, even if the batter is moist enough to work.
It works much better to take a blob of batter of the correct size to make a cookie and squash it flat between the palms of the hands. With the palms squashed against each other, start rolling them around as though you were rolling a cookie, but with your hands virtually touching each other. Slowly release the pressure while continuing to roll until the cookie is round and smooth, and voila!
The advantage of this technique actually also has a hidden benefit: the cookies (form my experience) tend to disintegrate less while coating them in icing sugar after cooing.
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Funny you ask this question; I just finished making Russian tea-cakes. A bit of vanilla flavouring helps; I usually put in around 2 teaspoons for a batch of 40 (equivalent to 1 cup of butter and 3/4 cup of confectioner's sugar, if my memory serves me).
The trick that I use, which really helps, though, is actually a technique in rolling. We generally think that the way to make roll cookies is to take a blob of batter and simply roll it between the palms of one's hands. This technique works very poorly for Russian Tea Cakes, however, even if the batter is moist enough to work.
It works much better to take a blob of batter of the correct size to make a cookie and squash it flat between the palms of the hands. With the palms squashed against each other, start rolling them around as though you were rolling a cookie, but with your hands virtually touching each other. Slowly release the pressure while continuing to roll until the cookie is round and smooth, and voila!
The advantage of this technique actually also has a hidden benefit: the cookies (form my experience) tend to disintegrate less while coating them in icing sugar after cooing.
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