ORESHKI - RUSSIAN CARAMEL COOKIES - VIDEO

There are many traditional Slavic cookies around the world, but there is no better cookie than Oreshki. They are shaped into mini walnuts and they taste so good. Oreshki are very well known as beautiful, walnut shaped Russian cookies. They are so popular in Latvia and many other Slavic countries. They are very iconic Russian treats, especially we eat them during many holidays like Christmas, Ligo, Easter and other special occasions. I love these cookies so much, I used to eat Oreshki every holiday! Cookies are very golden, crispy and come out so well with this recipe. The filling is so creamy and caramely. It really is a favorite among everyone, but especially children, it is my childhood treat of all time. Oreshki are made of two components that are absolutely awesome together – short crust cookies and caramel. I can remember watching my grandmother making them and couldn’t wait to eat them all.

Oreshki often require a special skillet, but I used a waffle maker with cookie attachment. This is a more modern way of making these cookies and I think much easier and faster. Slavic people love using cooked condensed milk in lots of desserts. Y Unfortunately it is pretty hard to find the molds for the traditional walnut shaped cookies if you live anywhere outside Russia or Latvia. But I bought a waffle maker with 3 different shapes and one of them was the walnut cookie shape, I'm sure you can find the mould online. This recipe makes around 120 shells, so around 50-60 cookies.

Ingredients
2 eggs
200 gr of unsalted butter
150 gr of sugar
360 gr + 60 gr extra if needed of plain white flour
0,5 tbsp of baking soda
1 tsp of vinegar
1 can of caramel ( or you can use condensed milk and boil it for 3 hours)