Comments on: russian tea cakes http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/puff-and-shimmer/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:11:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: SaveMyPolarBear http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/puff-and-shimmer/#comment-338620 SaveMyPolarBear Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:16:59 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/puff-and-shimmer#comment-338620 Austrial kipfel....the quintessential jewish cookie, the one where you feel like you're eating pure butter with a little something mixed in. Oh! Austrial kipfel….the quintessential jewish cookie, the one where you feel like you’re eating pure butter with a little something mixed in. Oh!

]]> By: jilly http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/puff-and-shimmer/#comment-337786 jilly Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:37:02 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/puff-and-shimmer#comment-337786 finally, someone else who knows what russian tea cakes are! one of my favorite christmas pastimes is baking these with my mum. helping her roll out the balls of dough, pinching little bites when she turns her back, feeling full of holiday spirit and warmth as the powdered sugar falling onto the floor mirrors the snow piling up outside in our backyard. i still make these and give them as gifts every year - they're the perfect balance of sweetness and lightness, and i've never encountered anyone who could just eat one. happy holidays! cheers, jilly finally, someone else who knows what russian tea cakes are! one of my favorite christmas pastimes is baking these with my mum. helping her roll out the balls of dough, pinching little bites when she turns her back, feeling full of holiday spirit and warmth as the powdered sugar falling onto the floor mirrors the snow piling up outside in our backyard. i still make these and give them as gifts every year – they’re the perfect balance of sweetness and lightness, and i’ve never encountered anyone who could just eat one. happy holidays!

cheers,
jilly

]]> By: diana http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/puff-and-shimmer/#comment-334929 diana Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:46:23 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/puff-and-shimmer#comment-334929 The Russian tea cake looks amazing! But I was just wondering how did you shape them so nicely into a ball. I tried to make these, but most of them end up broken. The Russian tea cake looks amazing! But I was just wondering how did you shape them so nicely into a ball. I tried to make these, but most of them end up broken.

]]> By: Trisha-Ann Shozuya http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/puff-and-shimmer/#comment-321811 Trisha-Ann Shozuya Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:33:07 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/puff-and-shimmer#comment-321811 I am from Hawaii and my mom's recipe for this is named "Palama By The Sea Foam". My mother and I had a cookie basket company named after my sister and these cookies were one of the cookies we featured. YUMMY!! I check out your site practically everyday since my friend Jamie recommended it. I LOVE IT!! I am from Hawaii and my mom’s recipe for this is named “Palama By The Sea Foam”. My mother and I had a cookie basket company named after my sister and these cookies were one of the cookies we featured. YUMMY!!
I check out your site practically everyday since my friend Jamie recommended it. I LOVE IT!!

]]> By: Vidya http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/puff-and-shimmer/#comment-296139 Vidya Sat, 20 Jun 2009 11:27:40 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/puff-and-shimmer#comment-296139 I made these tonight, and all I can say is that they're amazing. I added a bit more powdered sugar to the dough, though, and a touch more flour. I used walnuts and they were deliciously aromatic and earthy. They're similar to the Austrian/German vanillekipferl. I also experimented and made thumbprint cookies with a few, adding a spoonful of strawberry jam to the middle - they came out delicious as well. I made these tonight, and all I can say is that they’re amazing. I added a bit more powdered sugar to the dough, though, and a touch more flour. I used walnuts and they were deliciously aromatic and earthy. They’re similar to the Austrian/German vanillekipferl. I also experimented and made thumbprint cookies with a few, adding a spoonful of strawberry jam to the middle – they came out delicious as well.

]]> By: alexis http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/puff-and-shimmer/#comment-254090 alexis Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:46:12 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/puff-and-shimmer#comment-254090 i found your website through house and home magazine a while ago, and i just cant go a day without checking it. i've never found a food blog so inspiring without being pretenious. so here i am, happily sifting though the random recipes, and i find mexican wedding cakes! my mother made these for us every year for christmas for as long as i can remember, and no one i ever meet has ever heard of them. (which isnt so bad, because i can take more credit for them at parties) i've only ever made them with almonds, and am really intrigued at the thought of other ground nuts. you are too good! i found your website through house and home magazine a while ago, and i just cant go a day without checking it.
i’ve never found a food blog so inspiring without being pretenious.

so here i am, happily sifting though the random recipes, and i find mexican wedding cakes!
my mother made these for us every year for christmas for as long as i can remember, and no one i ever meet has ever heard of them. (which isnt so bad, because i can take more credit for them at parties)
i’ve only ever made them with almonds, and am really intrigued at the thought of other ground nuts.
you are too good!

]]> By: cathy http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/puff-and-shimmer/#comment-232547 cathy Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:18:05 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/puff-and-shimmer#comment-232547 Hi Deb.....i made these cookies for the first time this Christmas. They were a big hit. Everyone loved them. i called them snowballs though 'cause when you looked out the window-that's all you saw. So glad i "discovered" your website. Hi Deb…..i made these cookies for the first time this Christmas. They were a big hit. Everyone loved them. i called them snowballs though ’cause when you looked out the window-that’s all you saw. So glad i “discovered” your website.

]]> By: deb http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/puff-and-shimmer/#comment-193763 deb Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:55:59 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/puff-and-shimmer#comment-193763 Corinne -- I love the sound of that, and not just because my husband's name is Alexander! If you'd in any way consider sharing the recipe, I'd love to give it a spin. Thanks! Corinne — I love the sound of that, and not just because my husband’s name is Alexander! If you’d in any way consider sharing the recipe, I’d love to give it a spin. Thanks!

]]> By: Corinne http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/puff-and-shimmer/#comment-193624 Corinne Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:36:00 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/puff-and-shimmer#comment-193624 I just found your blog, and the pictures are beautiful, I'm itching to try some of the recipes. I wanted to comment on this one because my grandmother makes a similar recipe to this that she calls Alexander Kuchen and makes little sandwiches with raspberry jam out of them. The moment you bite into those buttery little cookies is such bliss. I cant wait for the holidays. I just found your blog, and the pictures are beautiful, I’m itching to try some of the recipes. I wanted to comment on this one because my grandmother makes a similar recipe to this that she calls Alexander Kuchen and makes little sandwiches with raspberry jam out of them. The moment you bite into those buttery little cookies is such bliss. I cant wait for the holidays.

]]> By: Ari http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/puff-and-shimmer/#comment-132952 Ari Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:47:12 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/puff-and-shimmer#comment-132952 I hate commenting on an old post, but I discovered your blog and I've been reading back through the archives. I wanted to mention that instead of using 1 cup nuts, I use the following in my Russian Tea Cakes: 1/2 cup nuts (normally pecans) 1/4 cup currants 1/4 cup miniature chocolate chips We like it better, though it isn't anywhere near to "traditional" since I changed up the recipe. I hate commenting on an old post, but I discovered your blog and I’ve been reading back through the archives. I wanted to mention that instead of using 1 cup nuts, I use the following in my Russian Tea Cakes:

1/2 cup nuts (normally pecans)
1/4 cup currants
1/4 cup miniature chocolate chips

We like it better, though it isn’t anywhere near to “traditional” since I changed up the recipe.

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