Leningrad Butter Cookie GOST Recipe

Leningrad cookie (Ленінградське) is a GOST enriched (zdobne) butter cookie — a rich, crumbly biscuit with high fat and egg content. This shortbread-style cookie is typically round, with a characteristic golden color and a melt-in-the-mouth texture.

Recipe (industrial formulation)

• Top-grade wheat flour — 100.0 kg
• Powdered sugar — 40.0 kg
• Butter or margarine (TS 84%) — 40.0 kg
• Mélange (liquid whole egg) — 10.0 kg
• Salt — 0.3 kg
• Sodium bicarbonate — 0.3 kg
• Ammonium bicarbonate — 0.1 kg
• Vanilla flavoring — 0.1 kg

Technological notes

Enriched cookies have significantly higher fat and sugar ratios than standard sugar or hard types. The dough is very short and crumbly — it requires minimal mixing to avoid toughness. Dough temperature: 18–22 °C. The high butter content produces a rich, sandy texture and pronounced buttery aroma. Baking: 200–220 °C for 8–10 minutes. Final moisture: 4.0–6.0%.

TS = total solids.