European Peach Cookies
User Reviews
4.8
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Prep Time
50 mins
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Cook Time
30 mins
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Total Time
1 hr 20 mins
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Servings
50 cookies
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Calories
215 kcal
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Course
Dessert, Baked Goods
European Peach Cookies
Description
The base dough for European Peach Cookies is creamed butter, eggs, sugar, and vanilla with flour and baking powder to form a soft dough. Small walnut-sized balls are formed and baked at 350°F until just pale without browning to preserve a delicate crumb texture.
Once cooled, centers are hollowed out to create space for the filling, which consists of dulce de leche combined with crushed walnuts and cookie crumbs for a textured sweet filling. Two filled halves are pressed together to create a rounded shape reminiscent of peaches.
The cookies are finished by dipping in milk colored with pink and green food coloring to replicate the colors of a peach. This decorative coating enhances the appearance, making them visually appealing alongside the chewy, nutty filling.
Ingredients
- 6 cups flour
- 2 1/2 cup butter unsalted
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 4 egg
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1 tbsp baking powder
Filling
- 16 oz dulce de leche
- 1/2 cup walnut roasted, crushed
- 1/2 cup cookie crumbs
Topping
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 drop Food Coloring pink
- 1 drop green food coloring
- 2 cups milk
Instructions
- Using a stand mixer or hand mixer, beat the butter, eggs, sugar, and vanilla together. Next, add the flour and baking powder until well-combined.
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Next, form small, round balls out of the dough (about the size of a walnut).
- Arrange the dough balls on the baking sheet about an inch apart. Bake for about 15-20 minutes (you'll want to pull them out of the oven while they're still white, not golden brown).
- Using a knife, cut out a small hole in the center of each cookie.
Filling
- To make the filling, combine the dulce de leche with the cookie crumbs and crushed walnuts.
- Fill in each hole with the dulce de leche filling. Press two cookies together to form a peach shape.
Decorating
- Fill two medium-sized bowls with a cup of milk. Dye one bowl of milk pink using pink food coloring. In the other bowl, combine pink food coloring and green food coloring to create a peach color.
- Dip one side of the cookie into the pink milk and the other side into the peach milk. Dunk the cookie into a bowl full of sugar and place it on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Repeat until you have no more cookies left. Allow the cookies to set at room temperature overnight.
- Decorate the cookies with small leaves. Serve and enjoy!
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 50cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 215 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 215kcal | 11% |
| Carbohydrates | 27g | 9% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 11g | 17% |
| Saturated Fat | 6g | 30% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 39mg | 13% |
| Sodium | 16mg | 1% |
| Potassium | 67mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 15g | 30% |
| Vitamin A | 320IU | 6% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 30mg | 3% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
User Reviews
Overall Rating
4.8
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