Baklava Cookies

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5.0

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  • Prep Time

    15 mins

  • Cook Time

    15 mins

  • Additional Time

    1 hr

  • Total Time

    1 hr 25 mins

  • Servings

    24 Cookies

  • Calories

    201 kcal

  • Course

    Dessert

  • Cuisine

    Greek, American

Baklava Cookies

These easy, delicious shortbread-style cookies capture all the crispy, honey-soaked baklava flavor without any phyllo frustration.

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Ingredients

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  • 1 cup unsalted butter softened, 226g
  • 1 cup brown sugar firmly packed , 200g
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract 5mL
  • 1 egg
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour 360g
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • ½ tsp. ground cinnamon
  • ½ tsp. kosher salt
  • ½ cup honey 120mL
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • ½ tsp. vanilla
  • ½ cup salted pistachio kernels chopped and roasted
  • ½ cup walnuts chopped
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Instructions

  1. With a hand or stand mixer, beat butter, sugar, and vanilla until creamy, about 2 minutes.
  2. Add egg; beat until fluffy, about 2 minutes.
  3. Sift together flour, baking powder, and cinnamon. With mixer on low speed, gradually add flour mixture; beat just until combined.
  4. Divide dough in half; refrigerate 1 hour.
  5. While dough chills, combine honey, cinnamon stick, and vanilla in a small saucepan. Cook over medium low heat, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes. Remove from heat; set aside.
  6. Remove dough from refrigerator; let stand 10 minutes. Combine pistachios and walnuts in a bowl. Preheat oven to 325°F.
  7. Roll dough to 1/8” thick on a lightly floured surface. Cut out cookies with your desired cookie cutter; place on parchment-line cookie sheets, spacing 1 inch apart. Press nut mixture into the cookies.
  8. Bake until edges are lightly browned, 10 to 12 minutes.
  9. Let cookies on pans 5 minutes; remove from pans, and let cool on wire racks 10 minutes.
  10. Drizzle cookies with honey mixture.

Notes

  • -Be sure to let the dough chill for at least an hour before rolling it out. You can make the dough and freeze it in a Ziploc bag for up to 2 months. Let it thaw in the refrigerator overnight before rolling. -Use any style cookie cutter you wish; I used a 2-inch round cutter. -Dough scraps can be rerolled as necessary; sprinkle with additional chopped nuts, if needed. -If you’d like to skip a step, just drizzle the cookies with honey after baking instead of making the cinnamon-vanilla honey. -Drizzled cookies can keep in an airtight container up to 3 days at room temperature.

Nutrition Information

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Serving 1cookie Calories 201kcal (10%) Carbohydrates 27g (9%) Protein 2g (4%) Fat 10g (15%) Saturated Fat 5g (25%) Cholesterol 27mg (9%) Sodium 47mg (2%) Potassium 69mg (2%) Fiber 1g (4%) Sugar 15g (30%) Vitamin A 246IU (5%) Vitamin C 1mg (1%) Calcium 27mg (3%) Iron 1mg (6%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 24Cookies

Amount Per Serving

Calories 201 kcal

% Daily Value*

Serving 1cookie
Calories 201kcal 10%
Carbohydrates 27g 9%
Protein 2g 4%
Fat 10g 15%
Saturated Fat 5g 25%
Cholesterol 27mg 9%
Sodium 47mg 2%
Potassium 69mg 1%
Fiber 1g 4%
Sugar 15g 30%
Vitamin A 246IU 5%
Vitamin C 1mg 1%
Calcium 27mg 3%
Iron 1mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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