Kefir is a drink known to almost every person - you can eat food not only in pure form. There are also very tasty ways to use this fermented milk product in cooking. For example, flawless kefir cookies are a delicious dish for the whole family. This simple and tasty delicacy will unite children, parents, grandmothers, grandfathers and guests at one large cozy table. And in order to diversify your menu for every day and for the holidays, we invite you to find out some simple and delicious recipes for this appetizer.

Any cookie is a great addition to tea. But some types of this sweetness - for example, oatmeal, shortbread, sugar - are already boring. But an appetizer made with kefir, the favorite drink of many children and adults, is not very common and will most likely turn out to be a novelty on your table.

It is difficult to overestimate the taste of such a delicacy - it is soft, tender and literally melting in the mouth. You will definitely like such a fragrant and mouth-watering dish from the oven, even if you are not a special kefir lover.

But cookies with kefir are not only a tasty and refined sweetness, but also a healthy snack for tea, because kefir is rightfully considered the basis of immunity. Doctors consider a thick milk drink to have a beneficial effect on the body, because it contains microorganisms useful for digestion, essential vitamins and amino acids.

It is recommended to use it for diseases of the stomach and intestines, to alleviate allergies and asthma, with a slow metabolism, gaining a sports form. In cookies, some of the beneficial properties of kefir are preserved, so this sweetness will not harm your health and figure (of course, if you eat it in moderation).

The most delicious ways to make kefir cookies

Despite the fact that the basis of delicacies from a fermented milk drink is kefir and flour, there can be extremely many variations of such cookies. Starting from the strict rules of dietary nutrition and ending with Armenian national recipes with photos - there is a way for any culinary experience and any needs. You can also find a recipe for kefir cookies that suits you.

Whip up kefir cookies

Ingredients:

• a pound of flour;
• one chicken egg;
• a pinch of baking powder;
• to taste of spices (including sugar);
• 100 ml of sunflower oil.

How to cook?

1. Combine flour, baking powder and spices in one container.
2. In another container, combine the egg and butter with kefir.
3. Mix the filling of two bowls, turn the mixture into an even dough.
4. Cut out the cookies and bake for no more than fifteen minutes.
5. Serve a fragrant delicacy to the table!

Such a quick and simple recipe allows any housewife to please herself and loved ones with delicate tea cookies. It takes no more than half an hour, but is in no way inferior in taste to complex analogs.

Cookies without eggs

You will need:

• two glasses of wheat flour;
• 200 grams of sugar;
• 200 ml of kefir;
• a pinch of baking powder;
• 50 ml of vegetable oil.

How to cook?

1. Mix kefir with sugar, butter and baking powder.
2. Gently add the sifted flour.
3. Stir well and refrigerate for no more than fifteen minutes for the dough to come out.
4. Cut out the cookies and bake for no more than ten minutes.
5. Serve hot snacks for your tea!

Vergun recipe

You will need:

• a glass of kefir;
• 600 grams of flour;
• half a liter of vegetable oil;
• 150 grams of granulated sugar;
• a pinch of soda and salt;
• some powdered sugar for dusting.

How to cook?

1. Stir kefir with sugar, salt and butter, flour and soda, stir the mixture thoroughly;
2. Divide the dough into two parts, bring to a thin state and cut out the characteristic triangles with tails.
3. Fry the verguns in a lot of oil, let the excess drain off and serve.

Verguny - delicious, fluffy and juicy cookies, typical dishes of Ukrainian cuisine. True, they are traditionally more fatty - over time, the recipe has changed impressively. Such fragrant and mouth-watering delicacies, similar to brushwood, will melt the heart of any meal.

Kefir cookies with jam

Ingredients of the recipe:

• a pound of wheat flour;
• a glass of kefir;
• one egg;
• a pinch of soda, sugar and vanillin;
• to taste of jam.

How to cook?

1. Mix all the ingredients, leave the dough in for an hour, so that it becomes firm and strong.
2. Cut the dough in two and divide into small slices.
3. Apply jam between every two layers.
4. Leave in the oven for half an hour and get delicious cakes that are vaguely biscuit-like.

Succulent biscuits are perfectly complemented by sweet jam. Delicate, melting dough is ideally combined with slightly sour berry or fruit jam.

Armenian pastries Gata

Necessary:

• a glass of kefir;
• three to four glasses of wheat flour;
• five tablespoons of butter;
• some salt and soda;
• powdered sugar, vanilla sugar - to taste.

How to cook?

1. Mix flour, butter and kefir, knead the dough and refrigerate.
2. In another container, stir in butter, powder and vanilla sugar. Whisk, add flour.
3. Remove the first mixture from the refrigerator, roll it out, and place the second on top. Roll into a roll.
4. Cut the roll into small pieces, bake in the oven, and in twenty minutes the delicious Gata will be ready.

Gata, a traditional Transcaucasian sweet with kefir, will be enjoyed by not only Armenians. In your family, she will also take an important place on the table. A typical appetizer in the cuisine of Armenians and Azerbaijanis is a bit like puff pastries, but thanks to kefir, it still surpasses them in useful properties.

With apple and honey

The following products will come in handy:

• 200 grams of oatmeal flakes;
• 200 ml of kefir;
• a couple of apples;
• 10 grams of honey;
• spices.

How to cook?

1. Mix oatmeal pre-soaked in kefir with grated apple, add honey and spices.
2. Put the resulting mass on a baking sheet and bake in the oven for half an hour.

Such a simple and unusual recipe is ideal not only for tea, but also, for example, as a light snack for a child at school or at work. In addition, this step-by-step method complies with all the canons of proper nutrition, which means that it will not cause any damage to the figure.

Cinnamon

Components:

• a glass of wheat flour;
• half a glass of thick kefir;
• two tablespoons of sugar;
• half a glass of butter;
• a teaspoon of cinnamon;
• a pinch of salt and the same amount of baking soda.

How to cook?

1. Mix the ingredients, roll into a layer and set in for five to ten minutes.
2. Sprinkle cinnamon evenly on a stable, hard layer.
3. Roll the roll, cut into pieces, roll the bagels and bake for 20 minutes.

Delicious classic rolls are perfect for tea. Anyway, tea and cinnamon are the best combination!

Healthy cookies-rings on kefir

You may need:

• half a glass of kefir;
• two tablespoons of rye flour;
• a tablespoon of corn flour;
• several walnuts without shell.

The procedure is as follows.

1. Add two types of flour to kefir, mix thoroughly and carefully.
2. Cut out circles from the dough, carefully remove all the centers.
3. Sprinkle the rings with chopped nuts and place in the oven for half an hour until tender.

This simple, healthy recipe is reminiscent of the sand rings from a childhood high school buffet. However, there they did not quite correspond to the laws of proper nutrition, but in this recipe they did. So you have the opportunity to enjoy a childhood treat without sacrificing your figure!

With the addition of cocoa

Ingredients:

• a tablespoon of sugar;
• 200 grams of flour;
• two tablespoons of butter;
• a tablespoon of cocoa powder;
• a pinch of powdered sugar for decoration.

How to cook?

1. Mix all ingredients (except powder) and refrigerate to grab.
2. Cut into pieces, roll into balls and bake in the oven until cooked through.
3. Sprinkle the cookies with powdered sugar and serve.

This desperately sweet dessert will delight all family members - whether at a festive dinner or at everyday get-togethers. You can also carve unusual shapes on it or paint with melted chocolate - this will turn cookies into a cake. It will also be a wonderful addition to breakfast coffee.

1. Don't go overboard with cookies that contain sugar if you are following a healthy diet or diet. Such delicacies are far from dietary, because excess granulated sugar is equal to excess carbohydrates - and they are far from the best effect on the figure.
2. Experiment! The best recipes were not born right away - who knows, maybe you will be the discoverer of your favorite kefir cookies? By the way, in already invented methods, you can change some conditions - for example, add a new ingredient, sprinkle with spices or powdered sugar.
3. Do not be skeptical about the new product. Kefir cookies have been delighting many families for a long time - this is really a very successful dessert that can easily diversify the diet, appear at the table as a cake or even cake, please a guest or family friend.

Conclusion

We've already listed nine of the best kefir-based cookie recipes. We hope that your favorite recipe in the future has already been written by us. And if not, then after a couple of experiments you will definitely find it. Happy tea drinking with your family with a delicious snack!