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Breskvice Recept: Croatian Peach Cookies

May 25, 2021 by Jane and Sonja Leave a Comment

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Sharing our traditional homestyle dessert recipe for making tasty rum-filled breskvice, also known as Croatian peach cookies that have lovingly been enjoyed for generations.

Croatian peach cookies on a plate.

Making Croatian Peach Cookies

You’d be hard pressed to find a Croatian gathering (such as a wedding, reunion or shower of some sort) where these tasty rum-filled breskvice were not being served. They are a classic Croatian dessert recipe that are utterly delicious and memorable in appearance. With a sweet, soft jam filling sandwiched between two equally round shaped hard cookies and dipped in red and yellow food dye, there are few desserts that look and taste quite like this.

One Croatian peach cookie eplit in half to show the rum-filled jam center

Especially popular at Croatian weddings, they are traditionally styled with boxwood leaves. For many, these famous cookies are and will forever be known as “peach bums”; which I’ll spare you the explanation! Requiring quite a few steps to prepare and assemble, these unique Croatian breskvice cookies are a labor of love to make.

woman's hand grabbing one Croatian peach cookie from a platter

Breskvice Recept: Croatian Peach Cookies

Jane and Sonja
A traditional Croatian dessert recipe for making tasty rum-filled breskvice, also known as peach cookies.
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Prep Time 2 hrs 30 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine Croatian

Equipment

  • KitchenAid Stand Mixer

Ingredients
  

  • 2 eggs
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 packet vanilla sugar
  • ¾ cup vegetable oil
  • ½ cup milk
  • 3.5 cups flour
  • ½ tsp baking powder

Filling

  • 4-5 tbsp Apricot Jam
  • 1 tsp Rum Extract
  • 1 tbsp Cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp soft butter as needed

Coloring

  • red and yellow food dye
  • 1 cup water divided
  • 1 packet vanilla sugar divided

Instructions
 

Preparing the Dough

  • Mix eggs, sugar, oil and vanilla sugar in a large bowl using a KitchenAid mixer.
  • Add milk and continue mixing.
  • Combine flour and baking powder in a separate bowl and then slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture.
  • Form dough into a long log shape and wrap dough tightly with plastic wrap and place in the fridge for 1 hour.
  • Remove from frigde and then break dough into smaller pieces and roll into a ball, about 1” size.
  • Place balls on a parchment lined baking sheet and bake at 360F for 10-12 minutes. The balls will still appear light in color.
  • Cool the baked cookie balls just enough that you can handle them.
  • While warm, use a knife to scoop out the centers of each ball. Put the scooped out cookie aside for making the filling.

Filling

  • Add 4-5 tbsp of apricot jam, 1 tsp rum, 1 tbsp cocoa powder and scooped out cookie centers in a bowl and mix all together.
  • Sandwich the filling in between two round cookies. Press two circles together.
  • If they are not sticking, add soft butter to the filling mixture to help hold the two sides together.

Adding the Coloring

  • Boil ½ cup water and add red food dye, add vanilla sugar.
  • Boil ½ cup water and add yellow food dye, add vanilla sugar.
  • Brush on red dye on one side and yellow dye on the other.

Finishing with a Sugar Coating

  • Mix equal parts granulated sugar and vanilla sugar in a bowl and while cookies are still damp, dip them into sugar mixture. Make just enough sugar mixture to coat all the cookies.
Keyword cookies, dessert, peaches
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platter of breskvice placed on a crochet doily

More Traditional Croatian Dessert Recipes:

We may be a little biased but we believe that Croatian baked goods are the absolute best kind of baked goods. Traditionally they are not overly sweet and sugary but loaded with flavor and decadence. If you want to try making some more classic Croatian dessert recipes, check out these tasty options:

  • Croatian skoljkice shell cookies
  • Croatian kiflice
  • Slatka salama
  • Palacinke rolls
  • Croatian fritule
  • Chocolate and coconut mini cakes
  • Croatian Skoljkice Shell Cookies
  • Jam Filled Crescent Cookies
  • Slatka Salama
  • Crepes rolled with jam and nutella stacked on a white plate, surrounded by fresh strawberries
    Classic Palačinke
  • Finished Croatian fritule
    Croatian Fritule
  • If you're looking for an easy dessert to treat your sweetie, try this chocolate and coconut coated mini-cake recipe (also known as cupavci). It's sure to become a family favourite in no-time!
    Chocolate & Coconut Heart Cakes

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