Russian Tea Cookies - Hetalia

Ingredients:

Cookies:

1 cup of butter (salted or unsalted is fine)

½ cup of sugar

2 teaspoons of vanilla extract

2 cups of flour

¼ teaspoons of salt

Topping:

Nuts: Chopped walnuts or almonds, or nuts of your choice

Filling: Jam or preserves of any fruit

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar in an electric mixer. Add vanilla, flour and salt until thoroughly combined.

Roll spoonfuls of dough into small balls, and place them on lightly greased cookie sheets, each ball about an inch apart.

Press down the center of each ball with a spoon, making an indent. Fill with jam or nuts.

Bake 15-20 minutes until golden brown.

Transfer cookies to a cool, flat surface.

When the cookies are cooled, sprinkle powdered sugar.

Complete!

Recommendations, suggestions, comments from me:

When I first made this, I used Ugandan vanilla, and topped the cookies with Concord grape jam and apricot preserves. I highly recommend apricot preserves— so delicious! ;o;

Great if you’re vegan, since this doesn’t use eggs.

THERE IS NEVER TOO MUCH VANILLA EVER.

This is great with tea, warm milk, hot cider, and in the wintertime. <3

Great for gatherings and tea parties, for you Lolitas out there! >w<

Original recipe source: Mrs. Fields Cookie Book. (The best cookie book EVER, guys.)

So, Kuikuri brought this recipe of hers to my attention, and I finally got around to making them the other day. Oh man, were they good. A little plum jam in the middle, and it was like heaven. So I figured ya’ll might want in on this fine recipe, too.