Russian Cookie Rings ~ Pesochnie Kolechki
Russian Cookie Rings (Pesochnie Kolechki) made with einkorn flour that taste just like the popular treat of my childhood.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup (1.5 sticks, or 170g) butter softened
- 1/2 cup (100g) sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2.5 cups (320g) einkorn flour (whole ground, all-purpose or a combination of both) plus more for dusting
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
FOR TOPPING
- 1 egg yolk
- 2/3 cup chopped roasted peanuts or any other nuts you like
Instructions
- Combine butter, sugar, egg and vanilla in a bowl, and mix on high for 5 minutes (you can use a hand or a stand up mixer).
- Add sifted einkorn flour, baking powder and salt (I use a mesh strainer like this one and sift straight into the mixing bowl).
- Start by mixing wet and dry ingredients with a stiff spatula, then knead with your hand until a dough bowl forms adding more flour to prevent sticking.
- Place dough ball into refrigerator for 1-2 hours.
- Remove dough from refrigerator and roll it out to about 1/4" (or a little less) thick.
- Pre-heat oven to 350ºF.
- Cut out shapes using a cookie cutter (I used this one) and a icing tip to make a hole in the center of each cookie. Reshape the remaining dough into a ball and repeat rolling/cutting until all the dough is gone.
- Brush each cookie with egg yolk and sprinkle with peanuts, pressing them down gently.
- Bake for 12 minutes - don't let the cookies brown. They will be soft out of the oven but will harden as they cool down.
- Store in an air-tight container.