"Moist, delicious vanilla cookies. Doused in an easy-to-make, easier-to-devour glaze. These are the perfect addition to your holiday spread."
Vanilla Cookies with an Easy Glaze (Pryaniki)
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Cook time 1hr 50mins
Serves or Makes: 10
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ingredients
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 cups sour cream
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 lemon, juiced
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups flour, unbleached
- 2 egg whites
- 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
Method
Step 1
Separate egg yolks from egg whites from 2 large eggs. (Reserve whites to use for the glaze).
Step 2
Using an electric mixer on medium speed beat 2 egg yolks with 1 3/4 cup sugar.
Step 3
In a little bowl, squeeze out juice from 1/2 a lemon, and mix it with 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda. It will foam, add to the eggs and sugar.
Step 4
Add 2 cups of sour cream and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract to the mix. Beat all together for a couple minutes till well combined.
Step 5
On low speed, mix in 3 cups of flour.
Step 6
The dough will be a bit sticky, as it should be. Transfer into a large bowl, cover, and put in the freezer for 1 hour.
Step 7
After an hour take the dough out. Preheat the oven to 350F. Prepare 2 baking trays with parchment paper (or butter the baking sheets).
Step 8
The dough will be still sticky, so wet your hands with warm water, to help form dough into ball shape. Make balls and place on a prepared baking sheet. Leave room between each ball.
Step 9
Bake for 20 minutes in preheated oven until the bottom of the cookies starts to get a golden brown color.
Step 10
While the cookies are baking, make the glaze: Beat together 2 raw large egg whites for 1 minute with a hand mixer. Then add 2 1/2 cup of powdered sugar and beat until well incorporated. You can also use a hand whisk.
Step 11
When you take out pryaniki from the oven, let them cool down for a few minutes. Using a pastry brush, brush the glaze all around each cookie. (The glaze will dry fast on the cooled cookies, so brush the tops, let dry, then flip over and glaze the bottoms.)