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How is it that Chanukah is almost here already. Didn’t we just cook up a storm for Rosh Hashanah?
Well like it or not, Hanukkah is right around the corner. Luckily, I’ve got a bunch of new and totally delicious recipes up my sleeve to share with you! I’m going to start off with this fabulous cookie recipe. The inspiration for this idea came from these cookies, which were (and continue to be) a total success. They’re delicious and easy and totally scream “chanukah!” So I decided to come up with this new version. I made a melt-in-your-mouth cookie dough – with cream cheese in it, of course. And then I press a hanukkah coin right into the middle of it. How adorable is that?
Get on these cookies, pronto (freeze them, if you want!), and I’ll share some amazing new recipes for y’all soon!
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Melt in Your Mouth Chanukah Gelt Cookies
By Miriam Pascal, OvertimeCook.Com
Originally published in my column in Ami/Whisk magazine
Ingredients:
1 stick (1/2 cup) butter or margarine
1/2 package (4 oz) cream cheese or tofutti cream cheese
1 cup confectioner’s sugar
1 Tablespoon vanilla sugar (or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract)
1 1/3 cups flour
(Approximately) 36 medium sized chocolate coins, unwrapped
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 375. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
In the bowl of your electric mixer, cream together the butter or margarine and cream cheese until just combined. Add the confectioner’s sugar and vanilla sugar and cream until smooth. Add the flour and beat until it forms a dough. Don’t over mix.
Form 1 inch balls of dough (use a small cookie scoop to measure, if you have one) and place on tray. Bake for 12 minutes.
Remove from oven and, working quickly, place an unwrapped chocolate coin into the center of each cookie. Press down slightly on the coin, breaking the surface of the cookie.
Return tray to the oven and bake for an additional minute or two, until cooked through.
Remove cookies from oven and set aside to cool. (Don’t touch the hot chocolate coins – they can really burn!)
Thanks for stopping by friends! And tell me – what recipes are you looking for this Chanukah? -Miriam
beautiful!
no eggs??
such a cute idea 🙂 they look delish and so festive
D/
yum!!!!
the kids are hoping there will be some of these when we come!
Ooh these cookies look delicious!!
Looks pretty and yumm! Thanks for sharing
How cute are these? And they look simple to make too!
Hi do these freeze well??
These cookies are adorable! Do they freeze well? Will the chocolate turn white from the freezer?
to make the cookie chocolate as well (my kids are chocoholics) – would i just add cocoa? Cocoa+ more sugar? what do you recommend / amounts to add.
Thanks!
bump…any suggestions on how can i make the cookie dough into chocolate cookie dough? thanks
These are easy to make and my kitchen smells delicious! But the chocolates arent getting hard and I want to stack them. What do I do ?
You can try putting them in the fridge or freezer for a little while to rush the cooling process!
would i be able to use shortening?
Sure!
Have you tried with oil? I’m guessing if you didn’t put to use oil, it can’t be done well . just wondering!
The texture of these cookies, which is really fantastic, will not be the same with oil. You can use it, but the results won’t be nearly as good.
YUM!!!! I just made these for the first night of Chanukah (i live in Israel) and they are YUMM!!! Look gorgeous and taste ummmm well there aren’t any left any more….. 🙂
IS it whipped cream cheese or the gray hard cream cheese? Also, must i use a mixer or could it be mixed by hand with a whisk or spoon?
Made these amazing Chanukah cookies the other night… Beyond Amazing!!! Never had such soft, melty cookies – and the combination of the chocolate Chanukah gelt – perfection! Plus kids had fun making them. Thanks for your generous and inspired blog.
This are so cute! I love Chanukah baking that doesn’t involve deep frying 🙂
Is there a way I can print this in a darker ink because all the recipes in your site have this grey shad of ink and I can’t see the recipe! grrr!!
These were unreal! Quadrupled the recipe!!!
I am so excited to eat these cookies! I made them tonight (thursday) for Saturday night. Should they be kept in the fridge until then? Thanks!!
I made them again this year!!! These are always a hit! Thanks!!!
I will be making these for our family Chanukah party that is on Saturday. Can they be made ahead and frozen for several days? Can they be stacked? Please answer ASAP! Thx
The recipe instructions say to add cream with sugar and vanilla sugar, but the amount of cream is not listed in the recipe ingredients.
the recipe state 1/2 packkage or 4 oz
Cream is a step- which means, cream the ingredients together with your mixer. When you make chocolate chip cookies, you do the same thing when mixing the brown sugar and butter- you ‘cream’ them. Hope this helps 🙂
I will be making these for our family Chanukah party that iis coming up soon. Can they be made ahead and frozen for several days? Can they be stacked? Please answer ASAP! Thx
Hi, I want to make gelt cookies but I’m looking for more of a plain cookie and just put the Gelt on top. Any recommendations for what cookie I can use please? Thanks
I’m dying to know if these cookies can be frozen?
Sure