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Melt-In-Your-Mouth Hanukkah Gelt Cookies

November 11, 2013 by overtimecook 35 Comments

chanuka gelt cookies on OvertimeCook - these melt in your mouth!

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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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chanuka gelt cookies

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 

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Filed Under: Cheesecake/Dairy Desserts, Chocolate, Cookies, Dessert, Holiday, Party, Seasonal, Super-Easy Tagged With: baking, chanukah, chanukkah, Chocolate, chocolate coins, Cookies, dessert, gelt, hanukkah, Holiday, Recipes


Comments

  1. Aruna Panangipally says

    November 11, 2013 at 6:51 am

    beautiful!

    Reply
    • raizel says

      November 27, 2017 at 12:51 pm

      no eggs??

      Reply
  2. Daniella Silver says

    November 11, 2013 at 9:29 am

    such a cute idea 🙂 they look delish and so festive

    D/

    Reply
  3. Freidi says

    November 11, 2013 at 10:18 am

    yum!!!!
    the kids are hoping there will be some of these when we come!

    Reply
  4. liztiptopshape says

    November 11, 2013 at 10:43 am

    Ooh these cookies look delicious!!

    Reply
  5. Karine Bielderman says

    November 11, 2013 at 2:20 pm

    Looks pretty and yumm! Thanks for sharing

    Reply
  6. Amy @ What Jew Wanna Eat says

    November 11, 2013 at 10:22 pm

    How cute are these? And they look simple to make too!

    Reply
  7. shira says

    November 12, 2013 at 8:40 am

    Hi do these freeze well??

    Reply
  8. Esther says

    November 18, 2013 at 7:08 pm

    These cookies are adorable! Do they freeze well? Will the chocolate turn white from the freezer?

    Reply
  9. rachel s says

    November 21, 2013 at 12:11 pm

    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!

    Reply
    • rachel s says

      November 26, 2013 at 11:43 am

      bump…any suggestions on how can i make the cookie dough into chocolate cookie dough? thanks

      Reply
  10. miriam says

    November 25, 2013 at 11:49 pm

    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 ?

    Reply
    • overtimecook says

      November 26, 2013 at 2:38 am

      You can try putting them in the fridge or freezer for a little while to rush the cooling process!

      Reply
  11. chaya says

    November 26, 2013 at 1:21 am

    would i be able to use shortening?

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    • overtimecook says

      November 26, 2013 at 2:37 am

      Sure!

      Reply
      • Shayna says

        December 9, 2015 at 10:08 am

        Have you tried with oil? I’m guessing if you didn’t put to use oil, it can’t be done well . just wondering!

        Reply
        • overtimecook says

          December 9, 2015 at 10:51 am

          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.

          Reply
  12. Happy Chanukah says

    November 27, 2013 at 12:58 pm

    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….. 🙂

    Reply
  13. Shoshana says

    November 27, 2013 at 9:42 pm

    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?

    Reply
  14. Dena says

    December 1, 2013 at 2:50 pm

    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.

    Reply
  15. Helen says

    December 13, 2014 at 12:25 pm

    This are so cute! I love Chanukah baking that doesn’t involve deep frying 🙂

    Reply
  16. Ruthy says

    December 18, 2014 at 9:05 pm

    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!!

    Reply
  17. Ruth says

    December 21, 2014 at 12:10 pm

    These were unreal! Quadrupled the recipe!!!

    Reply
  18. Kara says

    December 10, 2015 at 10:16 pm

    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!!

    Reply
  19. RE says

    January 1, 2017 at 11:34 pm

    I made them again this year!!! These are always a hit! Thanks!!!

    Reply
  20. Elana Gomberg says

    December 19, 2017 at 8:05 pm

    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

    Reply
  21. Pam says

    November 25, 2018 at 11:23 am

    The recipe instructions say to add cream with sugar and vanilla sugar, but the amount of cream is not listed in the recipe ingredients.

    Reply
    • Rachelle says

      December 4, 2018 at 12:26 pm

      the recipe state 1/2 packkage or 4 oz

      Reply
    • Lenore says

      December 10, 2018 at 8:56 pm

      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 🙂

      Reply
  22. Elana Gomberg says

    December 6, 2019 at 9:17 pm

    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

    Reply
  23. Batsheva Stanton says

    December 9, 2020 at 12:59 pm

    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

    Reply
  24. Ellen Villani says

    December 3, 2023 at 12:50 pm

    I’m dying to know if these cookies can be frozen?

    Reply
    • overtimecook says

      December 31, 2023 at 7:54 pm

      Sure

      Reply

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