Russian Tea Cookies

Name: Russian Tea Cookies (Печенье чайное)
Yield: 3 Dozen Small Cookies
Cuisine: Russia
Ingredients: 1 cup (all-purpose) flour; Pinch of salt; ½ teaspoon baking powder; ¼ teaspoon mace; ¼ cup unsalted butter; ½ cup sugar; 1 egg; ½ teaspoon vanilla extract; 1/8 teaspoon ground coriander; Candied orange rind

Печенье чайное

Preparation info

3 Dozen
Small Cookies

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Taste of Russia

By Darra Goldstein

Published 1983

About

The Russians have a notorious sweet tooth, and even a cup of tea must be accompanied by jam at the very least. Happily, this craving for sweets has produced a wonderful variety of tea cookies and cakes, such as the cookies below, simple to prepare and rich with butter.

Ingredients

¼ cup unsalted butter
½ cup sugar
1 egg

Europe
Russia
Dessert
Snack
Vegetarian
Eastern Europe

Method

Preheat the oven to 375°F. Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg and vanilla extract.

Sift together the dry ingredients and add to the butter mixture, mixing well.

Drop by scant teaspoonfuls onto lightly greased and floured cookie s