Bulgarian jam-filled cookies known as maslenki are popular for Christmas. These jam-filled cookies go well with Turkish delight sweets. They are traditionally made with lard, but butter will do.
Prep:60 mins Cook:30 mins Total:90 mins Servings:12 servings Yield:48 cookies Nutrition Facts (per serving)458Calories19gFat65gCarbs6gProtein Show Full Nutrition Label (Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.)
Ingredients
3 large eggs
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup lard, or unsalted butter
2 teaspoons vanilla
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 jar tart jam, rosehip, plum, raspberry, or apricot
Confectioners' sugar, for garnish
Steps to Make It
Gather the ingredients. Preheat oven to 375 F.
2. In a large bowl, beat the eggs and sugar until light and foamy, about 5 minutes.
3. Melt the lard or butter and let cool slightly. When cooled to room temperature, add it slowly to the egg-sugar mixture with the vanilla, mixing constantly.
4. Whisk together flour and baking powder; slowly add it to the egg mixture to create a firm dough.
5. Roll out the dough to 1/8-inch thick on parchment-lined baking pans and cut with a round cutter.
6. Cut out a hole in the center of half of the cookies and remove scraps.
7. Bake about 8 minutes. Remove from oven and cool completely.
8. Re-roll scraps and repeat.
9. Sprinkle the cookies with holes with confectioner's sugar. Spread cookies without holes with a jam of choice. Press together jam-filled cookie with holed-cookies to form a sandwich.
10. Serve and enjoy!
Tips
Store in an airtight container.
If freezing, don't dust with confectioner's sugar until ready to serve.