Hungarian cookies

       Recipe updated november 2018

   I’m always looking for inspiration for my recipes and every morning while i drink my coffee leafing  through cookbooks or food magazines became a habit.

I love all my cookbook collection but it is an old cookbook i always return to when i need easy meal ideas,is a cookbook that i found in a trash bin(who throws books away?!!) when i was in school.

There i discovered this cookie recipe which is as simple as any cookie recipe but what really intrigued me was the addition of hard boiled egg yolks.None of the cookie recipes i know call for boiled egg yolks so i was pretty curious on how these will turn out.

The name itself “hera cookies”made me curious too because i never heard about it,so before giving them a try i made a quick search on google but couldn’t find any cookie recipe with that name.

Desperate to discover if anyone else heard about or tried them i posted the recipe on facebook and a fellow food blogger told me that they actually are hungarian cookies.

Google it again and i discovered a few recipes which means they are known as hungarian cookies and so i called them!

One mention i would like to make that the boiled egg yolks are a very clever addition to the recipe,they add richness and color to the dough and they are tender than you image.

Yield :23-25 cookies

Ingredients:

• 6 hard boiled egg yolks
• 170g unsalted butter,softened
• 140g icing sugar
• 280g all-purpose flour
• 1tsp grated lemon zest
• 1tsp vanilla extract

For dipping:

• 150g dark or milk chocolate

DIRECTIONS

• Add butter and sugar to a medium bowl.
• Put egg yolks into a mesh sieve and push into a bowl with a rubber spatula or the back of the spoon.
• Beat with an electric mixer until smooth for about 25-30 seconds.
• Stir in vanilla extract,lemon zest,salt and mix until just combined.
• Add the flour and mix with your hands  for about 2 minutes,until everything comes together.
• Form into ball ,roll up the dough in plastic wrap and chill for 2 hours until firm.

• After that time,preheat oven to 175ºC/345ºF(convection/fan forced mode)
• Line a baking tray with parchment paper.
• Roll out dough on a lighthy floured surface to 0,7cm thickness and cut cookies into desired shapes.

• Place the cookies on the tray and bake at 175ºC/345ºF for about 15-18 min until cookies are slightly golden brown at the edges.
• When done,remove the pan from the oven.

• Using an offset spatula carefully transfer the cookies(they are still soft but they harden as they cool )to a wire rack to cool completely.  
• Melt the chocolate in a small bowl over a pan with simmering water.
• Dip ½ of each cookie in the chocolate and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Let them set at room temperature until chocolate hardens.
• Store them in an airtight container.

That's all, folks!
Enjoy!

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