Cigarette cookies with nuts recipe with photos step by step

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Prepared by: Galina.budanova

02/18/2021 Cooking time: 1 hour 0 min

This is not the first time I have baked “Cigarette” cookies with nuts; I really like these baked goods from Armenian cuisine. However, such cookies are available in a number of other eastern countries. The recipe is very simple and quite quick.

Don't have any cigarettes?

Photo: Evgeny Kostin

Sabigat Aliyeva

The owner of the Makhachkala confectionery shop “Timur”, Sabigat Aliyeva, suggests that cigarettes could well have been prepared in mountain houses in the old days: the ingredients for the dough are very ordinary, and the filling depends on how much ingenuity is enough.

- Now it can be dried apricots, lemon, prunes, boiled condensed milk. Women prefer cigarettes with lemon: they can be called dietary. But the most popular ones are with nuts.

Every day, confectionery workers knead cookie dough several times and roll hundreds of cigarettes. Six to seven kilograms of the delicacy are sold daily with nut filling alone. And orders for weddings start from ten kilograms.

— Cigarettes with nuts are generally the most popular dessert. For the Eid al-Fitr holiday, we purchase more than 400 kilograms of nuts. Enough for literally a week. Most of it is spent on cigarettes,” says Sabigat.

The culinary specialist explains the popularity of cigarettes in Dagestan simply: people here really love flour.

They try not to change their taste habits even far from their homeland.

“More than once I sent cigarettes in boxes of several kilograms to Moscow,” recalls the owner of the confectionery shop. — Shelf life allows: they can be stored in airtight packaging in the refrigerator for at least a week. But, of course, no one keeps so many of them; they are eaten instantly.

Photo: Evgeny Kostin

Sabigat says that visitors from other regions often come to her establishment - the confectionery shop is located not far from the bus station.

“They are very interested in what we offer.” They may ask: “What kind of bagels do you have?” Many people take the box with them after trying it. People often ask for a recipe.

Over the 13 years of managing the sweets business, Sabigat has tried many recipes for cigarettes. I settled on the simplest - and most delicious.

“Cigarettes” with dried apricots and prunes

The original design of this dessert will make adults and children smile.

1. Sift the flour, combine it with sour cream and soft butter. Knead the dough and place it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
2. Roll out the layer to a thickness of 2-3 mm, then cut it into rectangles measuring 5 by 10 cm.
3. Pass the prunes and dried apricots through a meat grinder, mix the resulting mass with sugar.
4. Put 1 tsp. fillings onto the blanks, roll them into tubes.
5. Place the cookies on parchment and place them in an oven preheated to 160°C for 30 minutes.
6. Melt the chocolate in a water bath, dip the ends of the “cigarettes” into it.

Place the treat on a plate in a heap and serve it to the table.

From puff pastry

This dough often serves as the basis for light and crispy cookies. Puff pastries are suitable for sweet products and savory sandwiches. Unlike other types of dough, puff pastry can be bought at any store, so it is an ideal solution for those who do not have free time to cook.

What ingredients will you need?

The list of products used to make puff pastry is minimal. Water and flour are taken in equal quantities.

To prepare 1 kg of cigarettes with nuts on puff pastry, you need:

• 2 tbsp. flour;
• 2 tbsp. boiled, non-hot water;
• 1 tsp. salt;
• 150 g butter.

To give a brighter confectionery aroma, the use of vanillin is allowed. However, in Dagestan, flavoring is not added to the dough.

The filling is based on walnuts. You will also need butter, a chicken egg, sugar and a little flour.

Step-by-step cooking process

Puff pastry must be kneaded in such a way that it turns out soft, airy and does not stick to your hands. The workpiece should be covered with plastic wrap and placed in the refrigerator for a couple of hours - this time will be enough to create the nut filling.

The algorithm for its preparation looks like this:

1. The butter must be kneaded using a fork or other utensils.

2. In a separate bowl, beat the egg with sugar until white foam appears.
3. Combine the butter and egg-sugar mixture with each other and add nuts to them.

The dough that has been left in the refrigerator must be rolled out into several thin layers and divided into strips, triangles, diamonds or other shapes to form cookies. No more than 1 tsp should be placed on each product. fillings. The cigarette needs to be rolled into a tube. Sweets should be baked for 30-40 minutes. at 175-185°C.

What can I add?

Cigarettes with nuts (the recipe is considered the most popular in the Caucasus) in oriental cuisine are easily replaced with products filled with finely chopped dates, sesame seeds, and sunflower seeds. Instead of walnuts, you can use hazelnuts or peanuts, which will significantly change the taste of the product.

Serving rules, decoration

Before putting the baking sheet in the oven, all cigarettes need to be greased with egg yolk - this will give a glossy shine and an appetizing appearance to each cookie. An alternative option is to season the baked goods with a mixture of 1 tbsp. l. powdered sugar and 0.5 tsp. cinnamon.

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour – 500 grams
• Butter – 200 grams
• Sour cream – 200 grams
• Salt - 4 grams
• Vanilla sugar packet – 1 piece
• Walnut kernels - 130-150 grams
• Sugar - 200 grams
• Honey - 2 tbsp. spoons
• Egg yolk - 1 piece (for brushing before baking)
• Milk - 1-2 teaspoons (for greasing before baking)
• Powdered sugar - 1-2 tbsp. spoons (optional)

Number of servings: 20

With lemon cream filling

In the Caucasus, cigarettes with such filling are not prepared. This recipe is an adaptation to confectionery trends and tastes of modern housewives. It will take no more than 1 hour to prepare the dessert.

What ingredients will you need?

Cigarettes with nuts, the recipe for which is presented later in the article, have an extraordinary taste due to the addition of citrus curd, a type of custard. Unlike the traditional filling, this one does not use milk, but lemon juice and zest. To make the curd thicker, starch is often added, which often spoils the taste of the cream.

To prepare cigarettes with lemon-nut filling, you need to prepare the following components:

• whites and yolks of 4 eggs (use separately);
• 1 tbsp. Sahara;
• 1.5 tbsp. flour;
• 160 g softened butter;
• vanillin;
• toasted walnut kernels – 100 g;
• juice and zest of 1 lemon.

Step-by-step cooking process

This recipe differs in the sequence of preparation of the dough and filling. The flour base for the cookies is prepared quickly, but the lemon filling will take extra time to thicken, so it is advisable to make it first.

To prepare the filling you need:

1. Mix the zest and sugar in an enamel pan, then pour lemon juice over everything. The mixture should sit for 10-15 minutes.
2. Next you need to beat the egg yolks.

3. Afterwards, combine them with the lemon mixture, mix everything and put it on the stove. Cook the mixture over low heat until it thickens as much as possible, stirring constantly and not letting it burn.
4. The cooled lemon custard must be rubbed through a sieve to separate the mixture from zest particles and lumps. After this, you need to add melted butter to the cream to give the cream a glossy shine and elasticity, and mix everything again.
5. The final stage of preparing the filling is combining lemon cream and chopped toasted walnut kernels.

To prepare the dough, you need to beat the egg whites with sugar and add flour and 100 g of softened butter. Before forming sweet cigarettes, the base must be placed in the refrigerator, because it is easier to roll out the cakes when cooled. Cookies with filling must be placed on a baking sheet and baked in the oven until the surface of the products is browned.

Serving rules, decoration

Before serving cigarettes to the table, they must be sprinkled with powdered sugar, poppy seeds or marzipan. Another way to transform cookies and enhance their flavor is to douse them in white chocolate.

Recipe for “Cigarette Cookies”:

Mix soft butter with sour cream. Add sugar (Mistral).

Add soda and, gradually adding flour, knead the dough until it stops sticking to your hands. We divide it into 4 parts.

For the filling, grind the nuts with a blender and gradually pour in the honey, not allowing the filling to become runny. It’s enough for everything to catch together into a common mass. You can, of course, chop the nuts with a knife, but in this case the honey will not combine well with them and will leak out during baking. That's why I insist on finer grinding.

Roll out each piece of dough into a circle and cut into triangles. We put a little filling on the wide part, close it a little on the sides (as in the photo), then roll it into a tube.

Bake at 180 C for 20-30 minutes. Let cool. You can sprinkle with powdered sugar. Enjoy your tea!

How will it look like?
Cookies “Cigarettes”

This recipe is one of those that I prepared as a child with my mother. Yes, there are many variations of such cookies, and you can experiment with the filling, but most of them leak out in the process. This particular cookie is ideal for me in its combination of dough and filling... I share it with you.

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Ingredients for “Cigarette Cookies”:

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Let's start the process

1. First of all, sift the flour into a separate container and add salt and vanilla to it.
2. Then cut the butter into small pieces and transfer it to the same container. Now grind everything until you get fine crumbs.
3. Then we make a hole in the center and place sour cream in it. Mix with a spoon and the result is a crumbly mass.
4. Now you need to collect it all into a ball with your hands and wrap it in cling film. Then we put it in the refrigerator for a while.
5. Let's start preparing the filling. To do this, fry the nuts in a dry frying pan. Then we transfer them to the bowl of a blender and grind them to fine crumbs. Then we transfer them to a separate container and add granulated sugar. We also add honey here and mix well.
6. We take our dough out of the refrigerator and cut off a third part. Now roll it into a sausage and cut it into small pieces. Be sure to use flour for dusting, as the dough is very delicate. Now dip each piece in flour and flatten it.
7. Using a rolling pin, roll them into thin flat cakes and place the filling in the center.
8. Now we turn the edges of the dough inward and roll it into a “cigarette”.
9. Take a baking sheet, cover it with parchment paper and place the prepared products with a short distance from each other.
10. In a separate container, beat the egg a little and, using a pastry brush, brush our cookies with it.
11. Place in the oven, preheated to 180°, for a quarter of an hour.
12. After the required time has passed, we take out our finished cookies, let them cool and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

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How to make “Cigarette Cookies with Nuts”

Prepare your ingredients.

Add vanilla sugar, salt, and cubed butter to the sifted flour. Grind everything into crumbs.

Add sour cream to the flour mixture.

Knead the dough, gather it into a ball, and wrap it in film. Place in the refrigerator while you prepare the filling.

Lightly fry the walnut kernels in a dry frying pan.

Grind the nuts in a blender, try not to grind too finely so that pieces of nuts remain.

Add honey and sugar to the chopped nuts, mix until smooth.

Divide the dough into 2 parts, make 10 pieces from each part. While working with the dough, cover it with film to prevent it from drying out.

Roll each piece of dough into a thin flat cake, tuck the edges of the dough inward, lay out the filling, and roll into a roll.

Place the cookies on a baking sheet and brush with a mixture of egg yolk and milk.

You can add a little decoration by using a toothpick to draw thin lines on top of the egg yolk grease. Bake cookies in the oven at 180 degrees for 25-30 minutes.

If desired, you can sprinkle the “cigarette” cookies with powdered sugar. The cookies turned out incredibly tasty and aromatic. With these cookies you can have a delicious “smoke break” for tea or coffee.

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From shortcrust pastry

The most accessible and fastest way to create sweet pastries is through kneading simple shortcrust pastry. You can cook it with margarine - with it the products will be as soft as possible, but it is butter that gives the cookies an airy, melting structure. Also, the advantage of homemade shortcrust pastry is the ability to independently regulate the amount of sugar.

What ingredients will you need?

There is no fundamental difference between the composition of the classic cigarette dough and the shortbread flour base, so in this case it is important to maintain the correct proportions and add chicken eggs.

The list of products used will look like this:

• flour – 0.5 kg;
• butter – 200 g
• 2-3 eggs;
• sour cream – 5 tbsp. l.;
• salt – 0.5 tsp.

It is worth noting that to make the dough more crumbly, it is recommended to add soda slaked with lemon juice, apple or wine vinegar.

Cigarettes with nuts. Shortcrust pastry recipe.

Also, to enhance the aroma of the products, instead of sugar, you can add honey and spicy additives to the nut filling to taste.

Step-by-step cooking process

It is important to prepare cigarettes with nuts from shortcrust pastry without deviating from the recipe. You need to start by sifting the flour, adding salt and aromatic additives to it.

Next, the cooking instructions will be described step by step:

1. The butter does not need to be melted or softened. It must be crushed into small pieces and placed in a bowl with flour, and then combine both components, kneading and grinding them by hand. The mixture should resemble a crumbly powdery mass.
2. You need to add sour cream to the flour base and knead everything thoroughly until a large lump is formed that can hold its shape and not spread out. The dough, wrapped in cling film, is placed in the refrigerator for 30-60 minutes.
3. While the flour base is infusing, you need to fry the nuts in a dry frying pan. They should take on a light golden hue. Then they should be crushed using a blender or a wooden rolling pin, transferred to a separate plate and mixed with egg and honey.

Shortcrust pastry is very fragile, so rolling it out flat can be difficult. A simpler solution would be to form a kind of sausage from one small piece of flour base with a diameter of 3 cm. It must be divided into fragments about 1 cm thick. To prevent the dough from sticking to the surface, you need to additionally use flour to dip each slice. Next, they are flattened and rolled out into thin flat cakes with a rolling pin, and the filling is placed in the middle.

Before placing the cigarettes on a baking sheet, line it with parchment paper. It is advisable to leave at least 1 cm of free space between products. Each cigarette must be lubricated with yolk. The baked goods are sent to the oven, preheated to 180 °C for 20 minutes - this time will be enough to finish the shortbread dough.

Serving rules, decoration

A universal option for decorating home baked goods is chocolate coating. You can use liquid chocolate in bottles or buy a regular bar, melt it in a water bath and pour chocolate over the products. If you use white chocolate together with milk or dark chocolate, the decoration will take on an unusual multi-colored look.

Children's "Cigarettes"

This recipe got its name because even young cooks can prepare these cookies.

Ingredients

for test

• flour - 4 cups (800 g);
• sour cream - 1 glass (200 g);
• yolks - 2 pcs.;
• margarine - 250 gr;
• salt - a pinch;

For filling

• sugar - 1 glass (200 g);
• ground nuts - 1 cup (200 g);
• protein - 1 pc.

Preparation

1. Knead an elastic dough from all the listed ingredients.
2. Divide the resulting dough into 12 parts and roll out into circles.
3. Divide each circle into 8 parts.
4. Make the filling by mixing all the listed ingredients together.
5. Place the filling on the wide part of the resulting cookie blanks and wrap it to make a cigarette.
6. Place the cookies on a baking sheet, brush the surface with the yolks remaining after preparing the filling.
7. Bake cookies for 20 minutes at 160-180 degrees.

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Good recipe. I bake a similar one in a slow cooker.

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