Wedding Cookies

Last Updated on August 23, 2024

Simple recipe for cakes that must not be missed at any traditional Czech wedding.

Ingredients:

500 g smooth flour 130 g 100% fat 130 g butter 42 g fresh yeast 250 ml of lukewarm milk 2 tbsp sugar 2 pcs

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1 pk packet of vanillin sugar peel of 1 pk lemon pinch of salt For the filling: 400 g of full-fat cottage cheese 100 g of raisins 2 pcs of egg yolk 1 pcs of egg white 2 pcs packs of vanilla sugar 3 pcs oil to coat the cookies rum to soak raisins For the crumble: 100 g of semolina sugar 75 gsmooth flour 50 g butter

Procedure:

1. Prepare a sourdough starter with yeast, a tablespoon of sugar, milk and two tablespoons of flour, mix everything and wait until bubbles form on the surface
2. Pour rum over the raisins
3. In a bowl, mix the flour with the sugar, vanillin sugar, salt and lemon zest, grate both fats into the mixture, add the egg yolks and the risen sourdough, work the dough thoroughly with a rolling pin in a bowl
4. Then knead the dough on a rolling pin so that it does not stick, divide it into four parts and then roll each part out on a floured rolling pin to a thickness of about 0.5 cm and cut it into squares of 4 cm with a rolling pin
5. Using two teaspoons, put a little filling on each square of dough
7. Join first two opposite ends and then the other two ends of the dough to form a cookie the size of a large walnut
8. Dip each one in beaten eggs and then in crumbs and place them on a baking sheet covered with baking paper (place the cookies further apart as they will rise during baking)
9. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C for about 15 minutes until the cookies are golden brown.

Recommendation:

The cottage cheese can be replaced partly or completely with jam.