Yugoslavian Christmas Cookies
Ingredients:
- 1/2 Pound - Unsalted Butter, at Room Temperature
- 1/2 Cup - Sugar
- 1 - Egg Yolk, Large
- 1/2 Teaspoon Salt - Salt
- 2 1/2 Cups - All Purpose Flour
- 4 - Large Egg Whites
- 1 Cup - Sugar
- 3/4 Cup - Ground Walnuts
- 1 Teaspoon - Lemon Extract
- 1 Cup - Blackberry Jelly
- 1/4 Cup - Walnuts, Chopped
Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cream butter and sugar together thoroughly; add egg yolk and salt and combine. Add flour and combine. Pat mixture into a 9X13 inch pan.
3. Beat egg whites until stiff. Gradually add 1 cup sugar. Continue to beat until you reach a meringue consistency. Gently fold in ground walnuts and lemon extract.
4. Spread jelly over dough mixture in pan.
5. Swirl meringue over jelly. Sprinkle with chopped walnuts.
6. Bake for about 40 minutes.
Hey, I'm Kathleen. Thanks for stopping by my site, hope you find something you like and come back for seconds!
These cookie triangles look really special and tempting!
Kathleen, these look yummy! One of my best friends is Yugoslavian and her MIL whoe came over from Yugoslavia years ago- made us these crepes that I will NEVER forget. Of course, I can't seem to replicate them either, but this post reminded me of them! I hope you have a Merry Christmas!
Oh Kathleen, these look and sound wonderful. I love finding recipes from other countries, it just brings the world closer together — kitchen to kitchen.
Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, my new friend!
These cookies look incredible, perfect for enjoying after Christmas dinner!
yum! all my baking WAS done…but I have a close friend who is Croatian and I know her father would love these…I am going to make them today–definitely!
Thanks for posting and Merry Christmas
I have had these before… never knew the origin, but that makes a wonderful cookie… Blackberry jam!!!
these rock
These look great Kathleen…and great job on your cute header! It's looking fancy around here! Have a Merry Christmas!
Omg they look great… going to try them
Your cookies sound amazing! Thanks for sharing
Looks great! I love all these recipes from around the world!
linnell is a cookie master!
Wow these sound seriously fantastic. And I love the photo! It looks like a spiral staircase (to cookie heaven).
Happy holidays!
Oh, Yum. Thanks for visiting my food blog the other day. I'm off to make Penuche (brn sugar fudge), toffee, eggnog cheesecake & lemon cake. Gotta remember to take pics for posts!
Have a wonderful Christmas!
They do look sinfully delicious!!
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Have a wonderful holiday!
Hi Kathleen! Oh. My. Gosh. Those look utterly fabulous. Thank you so much for sharing the recipe. You're a gem!
I would like to wish you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas, and all of the best in 2010.
I'm so happy you're blogging, it's always such a pleasure to visit your site. xo ~m
LOVE…LOVE…LOVE the new blog layout and logo! So cute. THe photos have always been fabulous but the new layout makes them pop even more. Great job…kudos to your graphic designer;-)
Merry Christmas to everyone love ya!!!!!
I'm saving this. I so love family recipes from other countries, and this one is a gem. Thank you so very much for sharing. As someone said, bring the world closer kitchen by kitchen.
They do look really good – but my eye keeps going back to that Goan Chicken!
These cookies sound absolutely incredible. I am so bookmarking to try them soon.
Yum! This looks delish. Bookmarking, stat. Thanks for visiting weheartmacandcheese.com.
Cheers,
Hilary
i'm so impressed! Coming from a family where I grew up on these, I never thought I'd see them in the blog-world! they look great!
I make these as well and they are called Zora Kolachi. What a great idea to add lemon extract. See my entry for 'Zora kolachi' http://draganabakes.blogspot.com/2009_10_01_archive.html Yours look delicious!
These cookies sounds amazing…
I bookmarked the recipe to give it a try next week.. I always look for a unique treats to try.
thanks for sharing, i will let you know