Recipe for popular shortbread nut cookies with filling
Christmas is ahead of us, and then carnival, so prepare with me the popular shortbread nut cookies. These walnut-shaped cookies used to be made by our grandmothers and mothers in special molds. Today it’s easier, and we can use electric nut cookie makers. Regardless of the equipment, preparing nut cookies will be very similar. It takes a bit of time, but after all, these cookies are usually made once a year, so you can dedicate yourself :) So, who’s making nut cookies with cream with me?
Nut-shaped cookies – notes
Nut cookies are very popular cookies usually baked for Christmas. I had never made them before because I didn’t have the right equipment. Finally, I did some research and bought the appropriate equipment.
How to make nut cookies – tips
To bake these shortbread cookies, you will need a special pan or a nut cookie maker. The pan is a bit cheaper than the machine, but I ultimately decided on the latter option. The greater simplicity of baking and shorter time appealed to me. The machine bakes cookies from both sides at once. If you’re making nut cookies in a pan, you need to flip it during baking and fry the cookies on the other side. It’s not a big problem, but I have a gas stove and was worried that the cookies might fry unevenly. The machine holds 24 nut cookies at once and they are ready in about 2 minutes. So, baking the entire batch of nut cookies took me less than 10 minutes.
See how to make nut cookie dough, the recipe for it is placed just above. The nut cookie dough itself is not problematic or difficult to prepare. I spent most of my time dividing it into appropriately sized portions. From the ready dough, I tore off small pieces and rolled them into balls. I placed the balls into the indentations in the mold. By closing the lid of the machine (or pan), the dough is pressed and fitted into the mold.
If there’s too much dough, it will slightly overflow the indentation. And if there’s too little, the cookie will be smaller.
You can gently grate the cooled nut cookies with a fine grater – if the excess “overflowed” dough bothers you.
What to fill nut cookies with – what cream for nut cookies?
I’ve seen that cookies are most often filled with butter-nut cream. I myself am not a fan of butter creams, so I decided to prepare my own cream. I melted milk chocolate in a bain-marie, and then blended it with mascarpone cheese and nut paste. For these nut cookies, I used hazelnut paste, but you can also use almond cream or peanut butter. I didn’t sweeten the cream further – the sweetness of the milk chocolate was entirely sufficient for me.
I transferred the cream to a piping bag, cut off the tip, and piped it into the cookie halves. You can apply a little cream to each half (flatly) and then stick two halves together. Or, apply a lot of cream to every other half and place another cookie on top. The technique is up to you – whatever is more convenient for you.
How to store nut cookies?
After assembling the cookies with cream, put them in an airtight container and ideally leave them overnight. The shortbread dough will soften slightly under the influence of the cream, and the cookies won’t be so hard. Before serving, you can additionally sprinkle them with a little powdered sugar, or even drizzle with melted chocolate. Do you bake such cookies? What do you like to fill them with?
P.S.
I also recommend other Christmas recipes from the blog. I also warmly invite you to my Instagram, where you will find many of my recipes in an easy-to-save-for-later format.
Recommended Christmas cookie recipes
If you like not only cakes but also delicious cookies during the holidays, be sure to try my other recipes as well. Here I recommend these three:
