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Peach Cookies - Nutella filled sandwich cookies that look like peaches! These cookies are a show stopper and will look beautiful on your Holiday cookie tray.

Peach Cookies

Katerina | Diethood
Nutella-filled sandwich cookies that look like peaches! These Peach Cookies are a show stopper and will look beautiful on your Holiday cookie tray.
Servings : 26 Serves
Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 15 minutes
Resting Time 30 minutes
Total Time 2 hours

Ingredients
  

For the Cookies
  • 3 eggs
  • ¾ cups sugar
  • ¾ cup milk (at least 2%)
  • 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
  • 2 tablespoons pure vanilla extract
  • cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • teaspoon salt
For the Filling
  • ¼ cup Nutella
  • 1 tablespoon milk
  • reserved cookie crumbs
For the Food Colors and Garnish

Instructions
 

For the Cookies
  • Preheat oven to 350˚F.
  • Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
  • Whisk eggs in a large bowl; add the sugar and whisk to combine.
  • Whisk in milk, butter, and vanilla until smooth.
  • In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. 
  • With an electric mixer on low, add flour mixture to the egg mixture one tablespoon at a time; continue to mix until thoroughly incorporated.
  • Remove the mixing bowl from the mixer and put it in the fridge for 15 minutes.
  • Remove the mixing bowl from the fridge.
  • Lightly grease your hands with cooking spray, pinch off a little dough, and form into small balls about 1 inch in size.
  • Place the cookie balls on the baking sheets and bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned on the bottom.
  • Remove from oven and let them rest on a cooling rack for 8 to 10 minutes or until cool enough to handle.
  • Using a sharp paring knife, carefully cut out the bottoms of each cookie and make a well in the center of the cookie to fit the filling.
  • Reserve the cookie crumbs in a mixing bowl.
For the Filling
  • In the bowl with the cookie crumbs, add the Nutella and milk; mix until thoroughly combined. If needed, add more milk for a creamier mixture.
  • Fill the cookies with the Nutella mixture and sandwich 2 cookies together. Try to match the cookies with the same shape cookie and/or size.
For the Food Colors and Garnish
  • Place half of the peach liqueur in one small bowl and the rest of the liqueur in another small bowl.
  • Drop a few drops of red food color in one of the bowls with the liqueur and yellow food color in the other.
  • Dip one side of the cookie in red food coloring and the other side in yellow. Let them rest on a sheet of wax paper for 5 minutes before adding the sugar. I dip about five cookies in the colors and then go back to the first one and sprinkle with sugar. You can also roll them in the sugar.
  • Place the finished cookies on a sheet of wax paper to dry and continue to work with the rest of the cookies.
  • Once the cookies have dried, insert a couple of mint leaves in each prepared cookie and transfer to a cookie tray.

Notes

  • Chill: I let the cookie dough rest anywhere from 15 minutes to 2 hours before baking. The longer chill time helps the cookies puff up more.
  • Sticky Dough: I recommend using cooking spray on your hands to make it easier to roll the cookie dough balls.
  • Drying the Cookies: Once dipped, the cookies should dry out on wax paper uncovered for 5 minutes before adding the sugar. This step ensures that the sugar sticks rather than dissolves.
  • Storage: Cookies freeze well individually after baking and are completely cooled, but not if they are filled and decorated. Completely prepared cookies will keep in the fridge for up to 7 days, in a cool, dark room for 3 to 4 days, and on the counter for about 2 days.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 Cookie | Calories: 197 kcal | Carbohydrates: 37 g | Protein: 4 g | Fat: 2 g | Saturated Fat: 1 g | Cholesterol: 19 mg | Sodium: 36 mg | Potassium: 93 mg | Sugar: 14 g | Vitamin A: 35 IU | Calcium: 34 mg | Iron: 1.5 mg

Nutritional info is an estimate and provided as courtesy. Values may vary according to the ingredients and tools used. Please use your preferred nutritional calculator for more detailed info.

Course: Desserts
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Keyword: nutella cookies recipe, peach cookies recipe