Cookies with nuts
Description
The pastry comes together easily and quickly. “Cigarette” cookies taste wonderful—nuts and honey, staples of Eastern cuisines. Making them isn’t difficult at all; the hard part is not eating too many, because they’re so delicious yet quite caloric too. They make a great snack. Follow the step-by-step recipe and bake for pure enjoyment. Serve with tea or coffee.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients.
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Step 2
To the sifted flour, add vanilla sugar, salt and butter diced into cubes. Rub everything together into fine crumbs.
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Step 3
Add sour cream to the flour mixture.
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Step 4
Knead the dough, gather it into a ball, and wrap it in plastic wrap. Put it in the refrigerator while you prepare the filling.
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Step 5
Lightly toast walnut kernels in a dry skillet.
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Step 6
Chop the nuts in a blender, try not to chop them too fine so bits of nuts stay visible.
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Step 7
Add honey and sugar to the chopped nuts and mix until smooth.
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Step 8
Divide the dough into 2 portions, and cut each portion into 10 pieces. While you work with the dough, cover it with plastic wrap so it doesn’t dry out.
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Step 9
Roll each piece of dough into a thin flat cake, tuck the edges of the dough inward, spread the filling, and roll into a small roll.
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Step 10
Place the biscuits on a baking sheet and brush them with a mixture of egg yolk and milk.
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Step 11
You can add a little decoration: use a toothpick to draw thin lines on top of the egg yolk wash. Bake the cookies in the oven at 180°C for 25–30 minutes.
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Step 12
If you like, you can dust the “cigarette” cookies with powdered sugar. The cookies turned out incredibly delicious and aromatic. With these cookies you can treat yourself to a tempting “smoke break” over tea or coffee.