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Horishky

Horishky | Oreshki (Walnut Shaped Cookies)

4.92 from 47 votes
Prep Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 50 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Russian, Ukrainian
Servings 35 cookies

Ingredients
 
 

Ingredients:

For the dough

  • 2 egg yolks (room temperature)
  • 2.2 oz powdered sugar
  • tsp fine salt
  • 10 oz unsalted butter – (room temperature)
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp distilled white vinegar
  • 1 tbsp mayonnaise
  • 10-12 oz all-purpose flour

For the filling

  • 14 oz dulce de leche (condensed milk) 
  • 2.5 oz unsalted butter (room temperature)

Instructions
 

How to make Horishky:

    For the dough

    • Mix and whisk the powdered sugar, egg yolks and salt in a medium-sized bowl.
    • Stir the baking soda and distilled white vinegar in a small bowl.
    • Add the baking soda mixture, butter, and mayo to the egg yolk mixture. Whisk on low (approx. 1 minute).
    • Sift and mix in the flour. The dough should be sticky.
    • Wrap the dough in food wrap and roll it to approx. 1 ½″ thick.
    • Refrigerate for 2 hours or until hard.
    • Preheat the oven to 375 °F.
    • Break off balls of about 1/2”-3/4” and place into a walnut mold.
    • Press each ball with a thumb and use your index finger to press the dough around the mold. Take off any excess dough. Do not press the mold cover over the dough; close it gently.
    • Bake for 30 minutes.
    • Refrigerate the remaining dough.
    • Once baked, remove the cookies immediately. Use a sharp knife to scrap them off if needed. The cookies crumble easily, so be careful.
    • Before preparing the next batch for the oven, let the mold cool a bitbut not completely.

    For the filling

    • Mix 1 can of condensed milk (dulce de leche) and ½ stick unsalted butter(room temperature) in a large mixer bowl.
    • Whisk on high (approx. 2 minutes) to smoothen the butter pieces.
    • Refrigerate for 1 hour.
    • Use a dull knife or a teaspoon to fill each cookie.
    • Carefully put 2 pieces together.
    • Keep the cookies refrigerated.

    Notes

    Horishky (Walnut Shaped Cookies)
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