Quoted message said:Re: From: "Victorian Lass" <[email hidden]>
Does anyone have a recipe for Hungarian or Russian walnut shaped
cookies that are filled with a rum cream filling. They are baked
in walnut shaped molds and then the two halves are put together
with the filling.
From <http://www.epicurious.com/>
Walnut Shaped cookies
Pastry for shells:
3 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 lb. soft butter
1 1/2 cups icing sugar
1/2 cup finely ground walnuts
1/4 to 1/2 cup milk
In large bowl mix flour, baking powder, walnuts, icing sugar, add butter
in pieces and work with hands until blended. Sprinkle 1/4 cup milk over
mixture, make sure dough stays together add more milk if needed. Shape
into big ball. Take approx. 1 tsp. dough and press into walnut tins.
Put tins on cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees until light brown.
Approx. 10-12 mins.
Filling:
1 cup milk
3 egg yolks
2 heaping Tbsp. flour
Put in blender and mix until smooth. Pour into small non-stick pan and
cook on medium until thick and comes away from sides of pan. Cool.
2 cups icing sugar
1/2 lb. butter
2 heaping tsp. cocoa
2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup finely ground walnuts
1-2 tsp. rum or rum extract
In small mixmaster bowl add icing sugar, butter, cocoa and vanilla.
Blend. Add small pieces of cooked mixture as this is blending. Then add
rum to taste. Add walnuts. Blend until mixture is creamy & fluffy.
Fill shells with approx. 1 tsp. of filling and put shells together.
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