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.
Servings : 26 Serves
Ingredients
FOR THE COOKIES:
- 3 eggs
- 3/4 cups sugar
- 3/4 cup milk (at least 2%)
- 1 stick (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter softened
- 2 tablespoons pure vanilla extract
- 3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
FOR THE FILLING:
- 3 tablespoons Nutella
- 3 teaspoons Milk
- reserved cookie crumbs
FOR THE FOOD COLORS:
- 1/2 cup Peach Liqueur, divided
- Yellow and Red food colors
- Fine sugar or granulated sugar
- Mint Leaves
Instructions
FOR THE COOKIES:
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- 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 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 mixing bowl from mixer and put in the fridge for 5 minutes.
- Remove mixing bowl from fridge.
- Lightly grease hands with cooking spray take a little dough and form into small balls; about 1-inch in size.
- Place on prepared baking sheet 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 a couple minutes, or until cool enough to handle.
- Using a sharp knife, carefully cut out the bottoms of each cookie, making a nice well in the middle to fit the filling.
- Reserve the cookie crumbs in a mixing bowl.
FOR THE FILLING:
- In the bowl with the cookie crumbs, add nutella and milk; mix until thoroughly combined.
- 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:
- Place a 1/4-cup of peach liqueur in one small bowl and the rest of the liqueuer in another small bowl.
- Drop a few drop of red food color in one of the bowls with the liqueuer and yellow food color in the other.
- Dip one side of the cookie in red food coloring and the other in yellow let them rest on a sheet of wax paper for a minute or two before adding the sugar.
- I dip about 5 cookies in the colors and then go back to the first one and sprinkle with sugar. You can also dip 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
NOTES: Cookies freeze well individually after baking and 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; on the counter for about 2 days. WW SMART POINTS: 8
Completely prepared cookies will keep in the fridge for up to 7 days; in a cool dark room for 3 to 4 days; on the counter for about 2 days. WW SMART POINTS: 8
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 | Net Carbs: 37 g
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.