Christmas Cookies with Walnut Filling

Christmas Cookies with Walnut Filling

  • DifficultyEasy
  • Prep0:15
  • Cook0:15
  • Makes 10
Mirka
by Mirka Last updated on 07/09/2019
Everybody loves these. - Mirka
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Ingredients

  • 290 g plain flour
  • 240 g unsalted butter room temperature
  • 2 eggs lightly beaten room temperature
  • 1 tbs cold water
  • 100 g walnuts ground
  • 100 g icing sugar
  • 1 egg yolk room temperature
  • 1 tsp vanilla sugar
  • 1 cup icing sugar

Method

  • Step 1
    Preheat oven to 170C degrees. Lightly grease a baking tray.
  • Step 2
    Sift flour into a bowl. Add butter, 1 egg and water and mix to make a dough.
  • Step 3
    In another bowl, mix together 100g icing sugar, finely ground walnuts, 1 egg and yolk to make the filling.
  • Step 4
    Transfer the dough to a lightly floured working surface. Dust with a little bit of flour and with a rolling pin roll out the cookie dough into a round shape 1cm thick. With a 10cm diameter round cookie cutter cut the dough into small disks.
  • Step 5
    On each disk, place one heaped teaspoon of filling in the centre and gently press the edges together.
  • Step 6
    Place cookies on a prepared baking tray and bake in a preheated oven for about 15 minutes, or until lightly brown.
  • Step 7
    When still warm, dust cookies with icing sugar mixed with vanilla sugar.

Equipment

  • bowl
Recipe Notes

Sometimes they can crack little bit on top, but the taste is the same.

All cookies can be stored in the freezer in plastic containers, so when you put them on a plate they taste just as a fresh.

When I make these I make double or triple the dough.

If you like the sound of this recipe, you might also like this Classic Shortbread.

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