Breskvice Recept: Croatian Peach Cookies
A traditional Croatian dessert recipe for making tasty rum-filled breskvice, also known as peach cookies.
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.