Russian Honey-Mint Cookies (Pryaniki)
Traditional Russian cookies with honey and mint, pryaniki are a great afternoon dessert or a sweet breakfast served with tea.
Ingredients
- Makes 24-28 large cookies:
- 1 cup of buttermilk
- 3 cups of flour I used King Arthur gluten free
- 2 egg yolks and 1 egg white
- 1/4 cup of honey
- 1 cup of sugar
- 3 Tbsps of oil
- 1 1/2 tsps. of baking soda
- 2 tsps. of mint flavoring
- Glaze:
- 1 egg white
- 3 Tbsps of powdered sugar
- 1 tsp of mint flavoring
Instructions
- Whisk together sugar with egg yolks and egg white until foamy, then whisk in mint flavoring.
- Combine together buttermilk with honey and oil
- Mix flour with baking soda.
- Alternating mixing in flour and buttermilk mixture into sugar and eggs and continue until dough is smooth.
- Transfer dough on a floured surface and knead till it's elastic, roll it out to 1/4 inch thickness.
- Cut out the cookie shapes and place them on a parchment lined baking sheet.
- Bake in a pre-heated oven at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
- Mix together glaze ingredients, take pryaniki out and quickly brush the glaze on top of each, return them to bake another 10 minutes.
- Sprinkle more powdered sugar on before serving.
Notes
You can omit the mint flavor if you want just honey or substitute it for vanilla or cardamom.