Oreshki are walnut shaped cookies filled with a dulce de leche filling, creating one of the most admired Russian cookies! The good news is you don’t need to stand over a gas stove to make these anymore.
Oreshki Mold for walnut cookies:
You can purchase an oven mold for these cookies through nakkitchen.com. This oven mold holds 40 shells at one time making the cookie process much easier, where-as the stove top version holds about 12 shells at a time.
My friend who tried many oreshki recipes wrote “oreshki perfect” on her handwritten recipe. If I can explain the texture of these cookies I would say their firm to their shape yet tend to be on the flaky side, kind of like a butter cookie. I’m assuming the mayonnaise and cornstarch really contribute to that effect. This recipe makes 126 shells (63 whole cookies) and can be filled to your creativity.
Ingredients for Oreshki:
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 stick unsalted butter
- 6 1/2 tbsp mayonnaise
- 1/8 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp vinegar
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
Ingredients for the Filling:
How to make oreshki cookies:
- Make the filling first, as it needs time to set; beat together the filling ingredients and refrigerate until needed.
2. In a medium bowl beat the eggs and sugar until pale and frothy; set aside.
3. In a separate small bowl beat the butter until smooth then add the mayonnaise and mix to combine. Set aside.
4. Dissolve the vinegar with baking soda and set aside.
5. Sift together the flour and cornstarch into a large bowl. Add the egg mixture, butter mixture and soda mixture and beat everything together until a soft dough forms.
6. Cover and refrigerate dough for at least 1 hour before handling.
7. Once dough is cold enough to work with; scoop out 1 teaspoon full of dough into each oreshki mold.
8. Lightly mold in the dough into the cookie iron.
9. Cover mold with the lid and bake in a preheated 375 degree F oven for 30-35 min or until golden.
10. Invert cookies onto a tray and continue to work with remaining dough chilling the dough in-between the handling. Cool cookies completely before filling.
11. To assemble oreshki; fill each cookie half with the filling mixture and combine the cookie halves to form a walnut shape cookie.
12. Refrigerate shells and serve cold at all times. Enjoy!
Oreshki Recipe (Russian Walnut Cookies)
Ingredients
- ORESHKI:
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 stick unsalted butter softened
- 6 1/2 tbsp mayonnaise
- 1/8 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp vinegar
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- FILLING:
- 1 stick of unsalted butter softened
- 1 14oz can dulce de leche
- 1 tsp sour cream
Instructions
- Make the filling first, as it needs time to set; beat together the filling ingredients and refrigerate until needed.
- TO MAKE ORESHKI: In a medium bowl beat the eggs and sugar until pale and frothy; set aside.
- In a separate small bowl beat the butter until smooth then add the mayonnaise and mix to combine. Set aside.
- Dissolve the vinegar with baking soda and set aside.
- Sift together the flour and cornstarch into a large bowl. Add the egg mixture, butter mixture and soda mixture and beat everything together until a soft dough forms.
- Cover and refrigerate dough for at least 1 hour before handling.
- Once dough is cold enough to work with; scoop out 1 teaspoon full of dough into each oreshki mold.
- Lightly mold in the dough into the cookie iron.
- Cover mold with the lid and bake in a preheated 375 degree F oven for 30-35 min or until golden.
- Invert cookies onto a tray and continue to work with remaining dough chilling the dough in-between the handling. Cool cookies completely before filling.
- TO ASSEMBLE ORESHKI: Fill each cookie half with the filling mixture and combine the cookie halves to form a walnut shape cookie.
- Refrigerate shells and serve cold at all times. Enjoy!
Now if you don’t own an “oreshki” mold but would like a crunchy kind of dessert, check out our Cream Filled Pizzelles Recipe. (I like to beat the eggs with sugar until it becomes very thick asI think the batter comes out very crunchy this way.) I was gifted the pizzelle maker that makes “trubochki”, but if you think you would get much use from it, a pizzelle maker could be something to look into.
