Traditional Czech Christmas cookies (part 1)

Author: @Royal_Letters

Košíčky (BASKETS)

Basket dough

• 400 g all-purpose flour
• 60 g icing sugar
• 200 g butter
• 4 egg yolks

Filling

• 220 g ground nuts (walnuts)
• 30 g ground biscuits
• 150 icing sugar
• 2 packages vanilla sugar
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2 tablespoons jam
• 80 g butter
• 200 ml milk (or rum)

Icing

• chocolate
• almond/hazelnut/walnut

Directions

Bake “baskets” in tin forms at 170°C/340°F

Make filling-should be sticky but still hold a form

Fill cooled baskets- you can even it out or overfill

Dip in melted chocolate

Push a nut of your choice on the top

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Medovníčky

Dough

• 60g butter
• 120 g honey
• 2 eggs
• 160 g icing sugar
• 10 g cocoa
• 400 g all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons gingerbread spice

Icing

• 3 tablespoons rum
• 100 g icing sugar

Directions

Melt butter and honey on the stove. Mix in the rest of ingredients and make dough. Let it chill in the fridge for a least 1 hour

Form walnut-sixe pieces of dough into round shape

Bake at on parchment-lined baking sheets at 160°C/320°F about 15 minutes

Still hot, dip into icing-alcohol will evaporate or just roll in icing sugar

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Stromečky

Dough

• 150 g ground biscuits
• 100 g icing sugar
• 70 g butter
• 50 g ground nuts
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 3 tablespoond cocoa
• 2 tablespoons rum/baileys

Icing

• chocolate
• shredded coconut

Directions

Make dough and let it chill in the fridge for a least 1 hour

Dust a form with icing sugar and push dough into a form

Take a tree (or your shape) and dip it in melted chocolate, then into shredded coconut

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Makové linecké

Dough

• 60 g icing sugar
• 250 g all-purpose flour
• 150 g butter
• 50 g ground poppy seeds
• egg yolk
• cinnamon

Filling

• plum jam

Directions

Mix all ingredients into a dough. Let it chill in the fridge for at least 1 hour

Use the rolling pin to roll out the dough- it should be about 0,5 cm thick

Use cookie cutter to cut desired shapes, half with smaller cut out shape in the middle

Bake on parchment-lined baking sheets at 170°C/340°F until golden brown

Spread plum jam on one cookie and put other cookie (with the hole) on the top