Thread: what about tea cakes?

Hey Pookie,
I'm new to this, but I did find a recipe for Russian Tea Cakes. They are also quite easy to make and tasty. They actually are from Russia too, at least that is what I've been told by my Russian piano teacher.

1 cup unsalted butter softened(you can also use shortening, or margarine)
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/4 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup finely chopped nuts
powdered sugar

heat oven to 400, mix all ingredients until dough holds together.
shape into 1 inch balls, bake on ungreased cookie sheet until set, not brown
about 10-12 minutes

roll in powdered sugar . makes about 4 dozen cookies.

hope this helps
kat

Would that be an example of пироженое , or however it's spelt? There seem to be an awful lot of little cake type things called that.
(currently eating: бутерброд с сыром )

I've made that recipe and it is yummy! But I've never seen that kind of cookie in Russian bakeries here or in Moscow. But I've had Mexican cookies (I think they are called wedding cookies) that are exactly the same.

Hey

I'm not really sure. It came out of an old Betty Crocker International cook book, and that was the only Russian sweet recipe there. They are close to the German Pfeffernusse cookies or maybe similar in flavor to Greek Holiday cookies. Try some, they are good
(currently :я меня питьевая кофе )
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Kat(not quite sure of the spelling)

Originally Posted by kat66

Hey Pookie,
I'm new to this, but I did find a recipe for Russian Tea Cakes. They are also quite easy to make and tasty. They actually are from Russia too, at least that is what I've been told by my Russian piano teacher.

1 cup unsalted butter softened(you can also use shortening, or margarine)
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/4 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup finely chopped nuts
powdered sugar

heat oven to 400, mix all ingredients until dough holds together.
shape into 1 inch balls, bake on ungreased cookie sheet until set, not brown
about 10-12 minutes

roll in powdered sugar . makes about 4 dozen cookies.

hope this helps
kat

No one in their right mind in Russia would ever bother cooking anything even half as complicated as that. It's either something primitive like scrambled eggs, or something very complicated. We're a country of the extreme.

Actually, when I'm in Russia I cook a lot of things like that. And from the vast quantities of exotic cookbooks in the book stores I get the impression that a lot of other Moscow housewives are also busy cooking and baking a lot more than scrambled eggs.

Originally Posted by JB

Actually, when I'm in Russia I cook a lot of things like that. And from the vast quantities of exotic cookbooks in the book stores I get the impression that a lot of other Moscow housewives are also busy cooking and baking a lot more than scrambled eggs.

This is like forming your impression about sexual preferences in a particular country by looking through the wank mags they sell...

As a Moscow housewife I get my "impressions" about what foods Russians eat by eating a lot of meals with Russians. I also spend a lot of time in the kitchen cooking with my girlfriends who are also Russian housewives. And every morning I look across the table at my Russian husband and say "What do you want for dinner?"
But then my experiences outside of Moscow are somewhat limited so maybe the rest of the country is eating scrambled eggs.

Originally Posted by JB

As a Moscow housewife I get my "impressions" about what foods Russians eat by eating a lot of meals with Russians. I also spend a lot of time in the kitchen cooking with my girlfriends who are also Russian housewives. And every morning I look across the table at my Russian husband and say "What do you want for dinner?"
But then my experiences outside of Moscow are somewhat limited so maybe the rest of the country is eating scrambled eggs.

I'm sorry, I don't want to make personal remarks, but do you actually cook for your hubby? This is fenominal, it really is. A woman cook, well, I never. IMHO the kitchen is the man's domain. Woe betide those who let women take care of them pots'n'pans. Have you ever wondered why most chefs are actually men? As for scrambled eggs, no, I don't think the rest of the country eats scrambled eggs. Speaking as one of 'the rest' I can assure you that such delicacies haven't quite made it into our diets. We forrage by eating bark, boiled leather belts and other wonderful and highly nutritious things.

Why don't you just shoot one of those bears in the streets? Dinner and a new coat all at your front doorstep!

Originally Posted by JB

Why don't you just shoot one of those bears in the streets? Dinner and a new coat all at your front doorstep!

How dare you even hint at it! Bears are considered holy in Russia. Besides, what the heck would I want a fur coat for? It hardly ever gets cold these days - a tracksuit does it for me.

P.S. You may have heard Herr Stirlitz say that he likes gunning bears down with his kalashnikov, but he's just a bloody poacher.

Well maybe I'll just have to try the boiled belts. I've had the boiled bark (a crazy relative's traditional cure for the common cold ). Actually, after eating bark, the belts sound pretty tasty.

hey thanks! finally..someone with an answer!