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Below you will find a large collection of accurate and traditional recipes for Czech Christmas cookies. I also  include Christmas breads, with ii versions of vánočka. According to my Czech hubby, my mother-in-law would make as many every bit 13 different varieties of Christmas cookies for her platter. I won't exist making that many, this year, merely plan to have over 13 varieties in this postal service, and maybe even more, afterward down the line.

Below, find the photos, descriptions, and links to all of the Czech Christmas goodies recipes I've posted. Also included, at the finish, is a summary of tips that people may find helpful. All of the mentioned cookies accept been made by me, with recipes tweaked. Some cookies I take made many times.

You may need special tools or ingredients for a few of the recipes. Many can be purchased online through sites like Amazon, or at shops mentioned in my post Finding Czech and Slovak Groceries in the The states and UK. If you lot practice wish to order Czech-Slovak products online, do so quickly. Some online stores sell out quickly before the holidays, or get overwhelmed with orders. Plus, nowadays shipping delays are common.

Išlské dortíčky (Ischl Torte Cookies)

These cute sandwich cookies are a buttery, chocolaty, nutty delight with a delicious jelly/preserves and rum-hazelnut filling. They are almost like a mini fancy torte. The original recipe was created in 1849 in the spa town of Bad Ischl, in Austria, equally a care for for the Emperor Franz Joseph I of the Austria-hungary. Click here to go to Ischl Torte Cookie recipe.

Vanilkové rohlíčky (Vanilla Crescent Cookies)

My Czech mother-in-police's Vanilkové Rohlíčky are the best versions I've e'er tried. This pop buttery vanilla and nut cookie is enjoyed throughout much of Central Europe. They are my husband'due south current favorite cookie. My mother in law used roasted hazelnuts in this recipe, but other basics tin can be used. I make them to be a two-seize with teeth cookie, which is simply one-bite size for my husband.  Click here to become to Vanilla Crescent recipe.

Linecké koláčky (Linzer Tart Cookies)

There are no nuts in these buttery Linzer Tart cookies (Linecké Koláčky)! They take a lovely hint of lemon and a burst of delicious jelly/preserves goodness. I love these so much with raspberry or ruby currant preserves, only other flavors would work, besides. I purchase the highest quality preserves available. These are less crunchy and more cook-in-your oral fissure than other Linzer cookies. They hold upward well. I sometimes make a double batch because these are my personal favorite Christmas cookies. Click here to go to Linzer Tart Cookie recipe.

Plněné ořechy (Stuffed "Nut" Cookies)

Christmas cookie making gone nuts? Well, I guess you could say, "Aye!" These Plněné Ořechy (Blimp "Nut" Cookies) are usually reserved for more than ambitious Christmas cookie making, just it's quite a pleasure when they appear on the cookie tray. They are meant to look similar a nut (virtually often walnut) and to celebrate their wonderful season. "Stuffings" can vary co-ordinate to taste or nut shape. Here I continue the walnut season in a fluffy walnut buttercream, with a touch of rum. Click here to go to Plněné Ořechy (Stuffed "Nut" Cookies).

Psaníčka, Šátečky, Trojuhelníky a Koláčky z tvarohového těsta (Envelopes, Scarves, Triangles and Koláčky Cookies)

These filled cookies are some other recipe including farmer cheese (tvaroh). The private names only refer to the styles of folding the dough around their fillings – their shapes. The dough is the aforementioned for all. You tin can choose the filling(s) and mix and match betwixt different folds/shapes. The master sweetness for the cookies comes from traditional Czech fillings and later confectioner'due south sugar dusting. Click here to go to Envelopes, Scarves, Triangles & Kolachky Cookies.

Kokosky (Coconut Meringue Cookies)

These piffling puffs of coconut bliss are melt-in-your-mouth. This three-ingredient cookie requires a Swiss meringue making approach. The egg white mixture is beaten over hot (but not simmering) water during some of the time. This makes them fluffier than other types of meringue cookies. Traditionally, they were just served obviously. My Czech hubby however enjoys them all-time that way, simply dipping in chocolate is as well nice. Click here to go to Kokosky recipe.

Marokánky (Moroccan Cookies)

A crunchy on the outside, chewy on the inside cookie with the delights of fruit and nuts, and bittersweet chocolate on the lesser. The batter is prepared in a saucepan, cooled then baked, and after dipped in chocolate. The original recipe calls for candied orange pare with basics, merely other dried fruit (or a combination) could be used. The combination of candied orange skin and dried cranberries (i.e. Craisins), with the basics, is especially nice for the holidays. I highly propose using candied orange skin. It gives the cookie its signature lovely flavor. I take establish it in gourmet shops, but usually lodge information technology online. Click here to go to Moroccan Cookie recipe.

Pracny or Medvědí tlapky (Behave Paws)

Pracny (or Medvědí Tlapky) are very traditional Czech nut and spice cookies baked in special cookie molds, some looking similar carry paws. The following recipe has a low-cal corporeality of spices. Other recipes include more. Feel free to increase the ground cinnamon and clove amounts a bit, according to your taste. Too much clove tin go overwhelming, though. This is an eggless recipe. Click hither to go to Behave Paws recipe.

Pusinky southward vlašskými ořechy (Chocolate Walnut Meringues)

A nutty meringue cookie with a hint of chocolate season. This cookie can last for weeks. Considering of that, during WWII, my Czech mother-in-police force sent a large batch to Jewish friends that sadly were taken to a concentration camp. These were a favorite of my husband'due south father. My mother-in-law spread the concoction in a pan, then cut them into squares. I adopt to bake them in individual rounds. I think they're prettier that way. Every bit with many others, these sense of taste even better as they age. Click hither to go to Chocolate Walnut Meringue Cookie recipe.

Vosí hnízda (Wasp Nests or Bee Hive Cookies)

The cookies in the back are plain.

Vosi Hnizda are cute no-bake rum eggnog filled 3-dimensional cookies. They by and large require a special mold to make that'southward available throughout Czech Republic, or tin be establish online, in the US. The traditional version includes a nut-based dough for the "nest" or "hive" part, though people with nut allergies tin can detect no-nut versions online, elsewhere. My mother in law made them without cocoa (resembling a bee hive more than and highlighting the nuts), but those who like cocoa, can add information technology. They are traditionally filled with a rum-flavored eggnog, simply other flavors and fillings can exist used. The cookie dough and base include wafer-like vanilla sponge cookies. The base is a whole cookie and holds the eggnog in. Some people get extra creative and dip them in chocolate. They could fifty-fifty be busy to look like a Christmas tree. Click here to go to Wasp Nests/Bee Hive recipe.

Masarykovo cukroví (Masaryk's Cookies)

These simple shortbread type cookies are sort of the Czech equivalent of Pecan Sandies in the US. The main difference is the employ of whole hazelnuts/filberts, instead of pecans. Hazelnuts (chosen "lískové oříšky" in Czech) are quite popular in Czech sweets. They also add the unique circles in each cookie slice. This cookie'due south proper name is for the showtime president of independent Czechoslovakia, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, who was built-in in the Moravian region of the country. It is said that these were his favorite Christmas cookies. Click here to get to Masaryk's Cookies recipe.

Princezky (Princess Cookies)

Bite into these chewy nutty meringue-style sandwich cookies to achieve the elation of a delicious chocolate buttercream filling. My female parent-in-constabulary unremarkably used roasted hazelnuts or walnuts for the meringue cookie, but some Czechs use blanched almonds. The nut choice will impact the colour, a fleck. Meant to be a one or two-bite cookie – that is, if you tin can stop at only one cookie! These were my husband's favorite Christmas cookie, equally a child. The pictured Princezky were fabricated using finely footing roasted hazelnuts, our favorite nut choice. This combination, with the chocolate buttercream, is a niggling reminiscent of Nutella. Fifty-fifty yummier, in my view. They exercise crisp up a piddling over fourth dimension, but are nonetheless great. Click hither to become to Princess Cookie recipe.

Rumové kuličky (Rum Assurance with Rum Soaked Stale Cherries)

Rum, chocolate, walnut assurance with the please of rum-soaked dried cherries in their centers, pack a delicious flavor punch, and fix them apart from other rum balls. No wheat flour needed. They fifty-fifty improve with age, but I tend to eat upward the first batch chop-chop. They are traditionally rolled in unsweetened cocoa, which gives them a nice flavor seize with teeth, but y'all tin can get even more than artistic, as I did for the photo (cocoa, finely grated coconut, finely chopped/ground nuts, and multi-colour nonpareils). Click hither to get to Rum Assurance recipe.

Makové kuličky (Poppy Seed Balls)

Mák (poppy seeds) are commonly used in baking, confections, and fifty-fifty more savory cooking, in Czech republic. These poppy seed assurance are unbaked, have only a modest number of ingredients, and are relatively quick to make. If you dearest poppy seeds, you might really like these on your Christmas cookie platter. They are definitely unique! Click here to go to Makové Kuličky.

Plněné datle ( Marzipan Blimp Dates due west/Candied Fruit)

Dates are popular treats at Christmas time throughout the world. It's definitely the case in Czechia, where I've seen beautiful ones in holiday baking sections at grocery stores. Hither they are stuffed with marzipan that has a bit of orange essence, and and so tiptop with candied fruit, some other ingredient yous see a lot of in Czech stores around the holidays. Though whatever candied or dried fruit works well, I peculiarly dearest to use the combination of candied orange peel and halved dried cranberries on meridian. If you have the marzipan gear up and handy, these are quick to make. Click here to go to the Marzipan Blimp Dates recipe.

Marcipánoví ježci (Marzipan Hedgehogs)

These cute little hedgehogs are not my mother-in-law'southward cosmos, but I couldn't resist including them in my Czech Christmas cookie inaugural. Actually, they're not actually cookies either, but candy confections. Many Czechs (and other Europeans) dear both marzipan and hedgehogs – animals that tin can exist seen in rural areas of Europe. If you lot like, you tin employ some of the marzipan to brand other shaped things. Marzipan tin besides be colored with gel food coloring, and decorated in many ways. Information technology can besides be used in recipes like sweet breads/pastries, baked cookies, and more. Click here to go to Marzipan Hedgehog recipe.

Marcipánové cukroví southward ořechy ( Marzipan Cookies with Nuts)

These no bake "cookies" have a marzipan base, simply topped with a nut and chocolate. Walnuts on top are particularly lovely and hide the pocket-sized bit of chocolate used to paste it on top. Still, other nuts, including whole big almonds, could be used. The marzipan itself can be further flavored, every bit desired, or left "as is". The cookie shape is oft like a flower, but any semi-round shape will work. The recipe below makes about 30 to 35 small cookies. Click hither for Marzipan Cookies with Nuts recipe.

Biskupský chlebíček (Bishop's Bread)

Take you e'er had Bishop's Bread? If not, many recipes you'll encounter online resemble the notorious fruit cake that Americans joke about as a "re-gifting" item.  My Czech mother in law's recipe does contain some lemon zest, but that'south the simply fruit. Information technology's more of a chocolate scrap nut cookie lover's dream. This cake wonderfully combines bittersweet chocolate with hazelnuts (or walnuts or pecans), with the right amount of pleasant lemon zest. Dissimilar chocolate chip nut cookies, this sweet staff of life contains lots of beaten egg whites. It tastes great fresh, and is fifty-fifty appealing a petty stale. Click here to go to Bishop Bread recipe.

Vánočka one – Traditional yeast-raised vanočká

This is the most popular and traditional Christmas bread in Czech Republic, and is the symbol of Christmas (vánoce). It uses yeast for leavening. It's a very large semi-sweet bread that includes the flavour delights of various fruit, nuts, lemon, often rum, and vanilla. Vanočká is especially shaped using a series of braided layers. For the recipe and instructions, click Traditional Yeast-Raised Vánočka.

Vanočká 2 – Farmers cheese vanočká (Tvarohová vanočká)

This farmers cheese version of vanočká has all of the same flavors and shape as the traditional one, mentioned just above. Nevertheless, it does not contain yeast. Rather information technology uses baking powder and other leavening agents, yet the finished loaf is equal in size and tenderness. It is quicker to brand than version i, requiring but nearly ii hours from start to finish. Having the right farmers cheese is crucial for this. It is available in some grocery stores in the US, or tin be plant online or in Polish, or other Central and Eastern European, delis and shops. For this recipe, click Farmers Cheese Vanočká.

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Special notes about the recipes:

• Unbleached pastry flour is sold by US companies like Bob's Red Mill and is often shelved in organic or health food sections of larger grocery stores, similar Whole Foods Market place. This is a recommended substitute for the smoothen flour (hladká mouka) available in Czech and Slovak Republics. If you can get actual hladká mouka, all the better. I've also used Smooth "Maka Puszysta – Tortowa Typ 450", which seems to exist the same. If you want to utilize US all-purpose flour, simply know that I take not tested its effect in some of the recipes, unless otherwise noted.
• Wondra flour in the US is a product sold in the bakery sections of most U.s.a. grocery stores. Information technology is in a blue canister. In a compression, a combination of l% of this product and 50% of US all-purpose flour can be used as a substitute for Czech coarse flour (hrubá mouka). If possible, I recommend ordering hrubá mouka online. The results are always the most reliable.
• Vanilla saccharide packets are available in some larger grocery stores in the US, unremarkably under the brand Dr. Oetker, and in the blistering sections. The ones referenced are 0.32 oz (nine thou) packets of powdery (not granulated) vanilla sugar. Most nine one thousand packets provide vanilla flavor of the equivalent to 1 ½ to 2 tsp vanilla excerpt. Vanilla extract can exist used in many cases, except when needed for rolling cookies in vanilla sugar mixtures, when confectioner's sugar alone can be used. Some people fifty-fifty make their own vanilla sugar past putting a vanilla bean in confectioner's sugar for a while. Google that, if interested.
• Cocoas in recipes below are always unsweetened. High quality recommended.
• Baking chocolates are found in the blistering sections of grocery stores. Practice not use regular chocolate confined. Some recipes call for unsweetened or bittersweet, or either. Semi-sugariness might work, but may affect the outcome and be likewise sweetness for some tastes.
• Candied orange skin is available online or in gourmet grocery shops. I highly suggest finding it, though the Moroccan cookies could be made with other chopped candied (or fifty-fifty merely chopped dried) fruit.
• Basics are contained in several of these recipes. Some need to be skinned. Some are best roasted commencement. Pre-skinned/roasted are bachelor in some stores (i.e. Trader Joe'due south). If non, you tin easily blanch and peel, or roast, basics at dwelling. Google "roasting almonds/hazelnuts" or "blanching/skinning almonds/hazelnuts".
• Raw egg yolks or whites – In a few of these recipes, there are raw egg yolks or whites that are not cooked/baked in the finish. This increases the risk of salmonella infection, though it is still rare. Pasteurized eggs subtract that chance. They tin can exist found in some (not all) grocery stores in the Us, with "pasteurized" on the box. In that location is besides a method ane tin utilize to pasteurize eggs at home. Don't misfile "pasteurized" for "pasture raised". They have different meanings. If yous are using pasteurized egg whites for a meringue-type cookie or the Bishop'southward Bread recipe I have posted, beat for a minute, then add almost 1/viii teaspoon of cream of tartar (or ¼ teaspoon lemon juice or white vinegar) for each egg white used. 1 of these additions volition help the whites form peaks. Cream of tartar is recommended unless an added lemon flavor is desirable.
• Cookie molds and/or cutters are available online or from many kitchenware shops or Czech/Slovak online grocers (weeks before Christmas). See link at top of post.
• Weights of ingredients (in grams) are more mutual in Czech recipes than cups, and I recommend weighing for accuracy. Teaspoons and tablespoons can be considered the same as in the The states. I've provided some weights in ounces, as well. Inexpensive digital nutrient scales are available online or in stores, and are invaluable.
• Low/Lower carb? I have not used sugar substitutes in my Christmas cookies, but some could potentially work with them. Since some use nut flours instead of wheat, it could be possible to create a lowered carb cookie/confection. Products like Swerve confectioner'due south sugar substitute may not weigh exactly the aforementioned every bit standard. Try at your ain hazard.

Exercise you take other accurate Czech (or Slovak) Christmas cookie recipes you're willing to share? If so, I'd love to see them. Feel gratis to postal service a spider web link to one or include it in a comment.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year (Veselé vánoce a šťastný nový rok!)

HUGE thanks get to my Czech husband! He provided translations for all of the recipes, and various ingredients (generally hastily handwritten ones from his mother). He gave helpful feedback, and helped eat the cookies (bringing some to piece of work), so I wouldn't proceeds too much weight. He as well took some of the photos…peculiarly the better ones.

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