Traditional Czech Christmas cookies (part 3)

Author: @Royal_Letters

ŠLEHAČKOVÉ CUKROVÍ (WHIPPING CREAM COOKIES)

DOUGH

• 250 ml whipping cream
• 250 g 100% fat or butter
• 450g all-purpose flour

COATING MIXTURE

• 2 packages vanilla sugar
• icing sugar – about 200g

PROCEDURE

• Mix all ingredients – make sure they are cold! – into a dough. Let it chill in the fridge for a least 1 hour
• Use rolling pin to roll out the dough – it should be about 0,5 cm thick
• Use cookie cutter to cut small shapes
• Bake on parchment-lined baking sheets at 200 °C/400 °F about 10 minutes
• Still hot, coat with coating mix – CAREFULLY!

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PERNÍČKY (GINGERBREAD)

DOUGH

• 190g icing sugar
• 500g all-purpose flour
• 125g butter
• 125g honey
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 tablespoon gingerbread spice

COATING MIXTURE – optional

• rum
• cocoa
• sugar
• egg

PROCEDURE

• Mix all ingredients into a dough. Let it chill in the fridge for a least 1 hour
• Use rolling pin to roll out the dough – it should be about 0,5 cm thick
• Use cookie cutter to cut desired shapes
• If you want, coat shapes in beaten egg or in rum-cocoa mixture
• Bake on parchment-lined baking sheets at 150 °C/300 °F about 15 minutes
• Optional coating after baking – rum-sugar

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SKOŘICOVÉ LINECKÉ (CINNAMON LINZER COOKIES)

DOUGH

• 100g icing sugar
• 275g all-purpose flour
• 200g butter
• 12g baking powder
• 20g vanilla sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon

FILLING

• jam

PROCEDURE

• Mix all ingredients into a dough. Let it chill in the fridge for a least 1 hour
• Use rolling pin to roll out the dough – it should be about 0,5 cm thick
• Use cookie cutter to cut desired shapes
• Bake on parchment-lined baking sheets at 170 °C/340 °F until golden brown
• Spread jam on one cookie and put other cookie on the top

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KOKOSKY (COCONUT COOKIES)

DOUGH

• 1 can sweetened condensed milk – 400 g
• 250g shredded coconut

PROCEDURE

• Mix all ingredients into a dough. Let it chill in the fridge for a least 1 hour
• Form walnut-size pieces of dough into round shape – It is will be sticky
• Bake on parchment-lined baking sheets at 200 °C/400 °F about 5 minutes