Ingredients

The following ingredients have 8 Servings
  • 1 ⅔ cup (210g) all-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ tsp (6g) baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp (1g) salt
  • 1/2 cup (110g) butter (, softened)
  • 1/2 cup (60g) powdered sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp (5g) vanilla extract
  • 3 tbsp (45g) sour cream
  • Lemon zest from 1 lemon
  • 1/4 cup (30g) ground pecans or walnuts or almonds
  • 1/4 cup (80g) peach jam
  • reserved cookie crumbs
  • 2/3 cup (160ml) Peach liqueur (, divided)
  • red food coloring
  • yellow food coloring
  • fine sugar
  • green leaves

Instruction

  • Preheat oven to 350F (180C). Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
  • Prepare cookie dough. In a large bowl mix butter with sugar and lemon zest until creamy. Add egg and mix until well combined. Mix  in vanilla extract and sour cream.
  • In a medium bowl whisk together flour, baking powder and salt.
  • With mixer on low incorporate flour mixture to butter mixture.
  • Grease your hands with softened butter or oil. Scoop about 1 tbsp (15g) of dough and shape into balls. Place the balls on the prepared baking sheets.
  • Flatten the balls slightly .
  • Bake for 13-15 minutes until bottoms are lightly golden brown. Remove from the oven and let cool completely.
  • When cookies are cooled use a small sharp knife to remove the cookie center crumb and place it in a bowl as it will be used for the filling.
  • Prepare the filling. Break the reserved cookie centers into crumbs.  Add peach jam and ground pecans or walnuts over the reserved cookie crumbs and stir to combine.
  • Place the filling into a piping bag fitted with a plain tip (I’ve used a 9 mm tip).
  • Fill the cookies and match two cookies together.
  • Decorate cookies. Add about 1/3 cup (80ml)  peach liqueur into a small bowl. Add yellow food coloring. Add another 1/3 cup (80ml) peach liqueur into another bowl and add red food coloring. In another bowl add a bit of fine sugar.
  • Dip about a half of each sandwiched cookie into the yellow liqueur and then into the red one. Let it drain a bit and then roll into sugar to coat evenly.
  • Place the peach cookies onto a serving platter and decorate with green leaves if desired. Enjoy!