These peach cookies may be found throughout many places in Europe. They are most commonly found in Italy, but you will also find them in other countries, often at Russian weddings or similar events.
Peach cookies seem to be the center of attention at a festive table, attracting so many eyes for their look and most definitely for their taste. Soft and crumbly cookie shell, filled with delicious dulce de leche and walnut filling.
With so many pictures and their wonderful look, it may seem that they are too complicated to make. But don’t fall for it!
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Recipe
Ingredients
- 6 cup Flour
- 2 1/2 cup Unsalted Butter
- 1 1/2 cup Sugar
- 4 Eggs
- 2 tsp Vanilla
- 1 tbsp Baking Powder
Filling
- 16 oz Dulce De Leche
- 1/2 cup roasted crushed Walnuts
- 1/2 cup Cookie Crumbs
Topping
- 2 cup Sugar
- 2 drop Pink Food Coloring
- 1 drop Green Food Coloring
- 2 cup Milk
Instructions
- First, mix butter, eggs, sugar and vanilla. To the mixture, add flour together with baking powder. Mix until all ingredients are well combined.
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Make small, round balls, the size of a small-ish walnut.
- Arrange them on a baking sheet, about an inch apart, and bake for about 15-20 minutes. They should still remain white.
- Cut out a small hole in the center of each cookie.
- Fill in each hole with filling. Press the two sides together.
Filling
- Combine dulce de leche, together with cookie crumbs and crushed walnuts.
Decorate
- Pour a cup of milk into each of the two bowls. Color milk in each bowl, pink and peach, using food coloring. To create a peach color, combine an equal amount of pink and green colors.
- Dip each side of the cookie, into a different color, followed by sugar. Let the cookies dry overnight, on a baking sheet.
- Garnish with any small leaves you may have.
How many drops of food coloring do I need to add to each bowl of milk ?
Ally, I would add two. See if you like the color and you can always add more. It really depends on the color you like.
So what kind of cookie crumbs? Do I need to buy it or r I can use whatever I cut out of the cookie ?
Ally, use the crumbs that you would cut of out the cookies. 🙂
What kind of cookie crumbs ??? Where do I get it ?
The part you cut out would work perfect 🙂
What is green food coloring for ? To create peach , so u dip one side in peach color n one in pink ?
I mixed up that lime with pink and I got a peach color. 🙂
How many calories are per serving? If you don't know its fine.Thank you:)
Not sure at all :/
why do the cookies crack?
It's hard to say why they crack, wih out seen them. Maybe the dough is too thick, the flour you use isn't working well.
Could I use sweetened condensed milk and cook it myself?
Yes, you definitely can!
Love this it reminds me of my Romanian Grandma making them all the time <3
That sounds like a great memory. My grandma didn't bake but she was a darn good cook. 🙂
Should the butter be softened?
Yes, butter should be softened.
For the natural colors you can use a juice of beet and carrot
Yes, I heard of that method also. Haven't tried it yet.
I have a quick question where can I buy the coloring food ?
Most grocery stores sell food coloring in their baking section.
Thank you
What exactly is the dulce lechwe filling and where do I get it from?
Dulce De Leche is cooked condensed milk, it is sold at Walmart Mexican food section. It taste almost like caramel, just 10X better 🙂
Thanks so much! Can't wait to try this recipe. Then I don't have to wait for weddings to eat these again. Hehehe
For sure! And you wouldn't have a limit at home 🙂
2 1/2 cups unsalted butter is 20 oz or 566 gramm, right?
Yes, if you are using stick, it would be 5 of them.
Thank you.
Oh wait can i use "I cant believe its not butter " instead of unsalted butter?
I haven't tried that but I am worried that the texture wouldn't be the same.
Love peach cookies with cooked sweetened condensed milk - one of the best desserts from childhood!
Yes, condensed milk is the best part 🙂
i got a 100 in my culinary baking competition for school with this and most unique dish in my foreign class
Oh wow, how exciting. You are taking a class at school?
i just made these cookies and i needed 7 1/2 cups of flour to make them turn out correctly.
Same here. I had to add 7 1/2 cups instead of 6 because it was way too sticky.
I think it's because I am using Canadian flour so the texture could be different.
Hmm, that is interesting. I used this recipe several times and it turned out good.
I shared all my tips to make them turn out good. I had to practice the first time. With first time I tried I didnt add the right amount of flour.
I noticed you both said first time making these didnt turn out perfect. Any tips that would help making them for the first time?
Olga thanks for sharing it. I have made them several times already.
nice, my first batch was terrible. Yours look great. Thanks for sharing a picture. 🙂
Not as cute as yours, but still a success. 🙂