Breskvice (peaches)

Description

Breskvice (peaches) from Croatia

Recipe

1. Preheat the oven at 180C. Line the baking tray with baking paper.
2. Mix baking powder with milk and leave the mix on the side. Mix powder sugar with vanilla sugar.
3. Beat whole eggs for a couple of minutes until the mix becomes foamy, and then add sugar. Keep mixing, and then slowly, in a steady stream, add the oil.
4. Add grated lemon zest to flour. Cobine flour with the egg mix and knead until you get a smooth, pliable dough. Dust the work surface, continue to add flour as you swirl the dough into a roll. Leave in the fridge to chill for 20 minutes.
5. Knead the dough again and separate into several parts that you are going to shape into thin rolls. Cut each roll into smaller pieces and roll each into a ball. Keep the pieces on the small side, as they will puff up in the oven. Assemble the cookies on the baking paper. Bake at 180C for around 15 minutes.
6. Chill the cookies. Once chilled, carve a hole in the bottom of each cookie and preserve the hollowed crumbs.
7. Combine all ingredients into a creamy mix. Feel free to adjust the amount if the mix is too runny or too thick.
8. Use the mix to thoroughly fill out each cookie. Be neat, as you don’t want the jam mixture to smudge the sides of the cookie.
9. Combine two cookies and press them on the bottom side, so they would stick together, making one large, two-piece cookie.
10. Dip each side of the cookie in the extract and then roll into sugar.