Oreshkis take you back to your childhood if you grew up in Belarus, Russia or the Ukraine. This is an easy to replicate treat that will serve as a flashback to the past and put a huge smile on your friend’s face! Oftentimes it’s the little (non-expensive) gifts that evoke the biggest emotions.
Oreshki recipe (beginner level, no expertise required) – Makes approx. 60 Oreshkis
Ingredients
- 200 g melted butter
- 2 eggs
- 150 g sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt (1.4 g)
- splash of vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda (2.8 g)
- 1/2 tablespoon vinegar (8.5 g)
- 455 g all-purpose flour
- oil to grease the oreshki mold before the first batch
- 1 can (400 g) of sweetened condensed milk for filling
Baking tools: Mixer, measuring utensils, Oreshki mold (Amazon’s choice 12 cookie mold)
1. Mix: sugar, salt, vanilla and eggs.
2. Pour in melted (cooled off) butter and mix.
3. Pour vinegar over baking soda (above the dough mixture) and stir it well.
4. Gradually add the flour to the mix.
5. Knead the dough on the table.
6. Use a 1/2 teaspoon measuring spoon to form little balls.
7. Preheat the greased mold directly on the gas stove (heats up quickly).
8. Place little balls into the mold.
9. If using a mold for 12 Oreshkis, place 1.5 minutes on one side and another minute on the other side.
10. Peek at the cookies while baking to see if you like the color (should be golden).
11. Gently remove the walnut cookies from mold and let them cool down.
12. For Oreshki filling, you can use Nutella, peanut butter or the traditional caramelized condensed milk.
For the traditional filling, follow the steps below.
13. Heat up one can of sweetened condensed milk (La Lechera by Nestle) in Instapot or pot on stove to create dulce de leche. Easy instructions from John Kanell’s Preppy Kitchen here: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/817262663632072551/
14. Fill one half walnut cookie with dulce de leche and close the cookie with another half.
15. Neatly organize cookies on plate and round up the tempting look with powdered sugar.
