Comments on: Russian Tea Cakes Recipe

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[...] Russian Tea Cakes Recipe [...]

By: NatashasKitchen.com

NatashasKitchen.com — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 21:40:02 +0000

That sounds great! How much cocoa do you add?

By: yana

yana — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:19:11 +0000

As i was making these, did i only then realize these are just about the same cookies as we make in our family circle. Only thing different is instead of walnuts, we toast almonds and instead of powdered sugar by itself, we mix it with special dark cocoa. We call them cocoa balls yum…:)

By: NatashasKitchen.com

NatashasKitchen.com — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 01:15:04 +0000

Pecans and lemon zest sound nice. I’ll have to try that.

By: Liliya

Liliya — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 23:41:02 +0000

Just made these little cookies, so simple and fast but very yummy. Didn’t have walnuts so I substituted with pecans and added lemon zest. Simply delicious! thanks

By: Natasha's Kitchen

Natasha's Kitchen — Sat, 29 May 2010 22:12:08 +0000

Your welcome. Man, all that work and you didn’t even get to enjoy them Well, I hope you give them another shot because they are very tasty

By: Ilona

Ilona — Sat, 29 May 2010 19:35:13 +0000

hmmmmm… i think i might have put too much butter then, because when i saw that it doesnt mix well with the flour, i put two more sticks and thats why they flattened and fell apart when i picked them up.. oh, and the butter was not softened, probably thats why didnt mix… i will try again.. Thanks for replying back..

By: Natasha's Kitchen

Natasha's Kitchen — Sat, 29 May 2010 04:06:49 +0000

I checked the recipe to my original and it looks right. Its two regular sticks of butter. I believe it is equivalent to 1 cup of butter. Were they softened to room temp?When they are too firm, it doesn’t mix well. Also, are you sure you didn’t add more than 2 1/4 cups of flour total? They should flatten just a little bit on the bottom but not fall apart. And they stay pretty round (see picture) I’m sorry it didn’t work out for you. I’m not sure what else could have happened. Hope that helps.

By: Ilona

Ilona — Fri, 28 May 2010 23:05:14 +0000

Natasha: I tried to make them today and something went wrong. The recipe asks for 2 sticks of butter. I am confused of what kind of sticks, you now some butter package comes with 4 sticks of butter.. Some packages have sticks that are long… So when i used the 2 sticks it seemed like i needed more butter for the flour was not mixing…. Also, when i put them in the oven, they flatten. Are the cookies supposed to flatten like that… Again i am thinking i must’ve used too much butter. Can you please let me know.

By: natashaskitchen

natashaskitchen — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:07:40 +0000

These arent Pryaniki. They are more like cookies. But my mom makes some really really good pryaniki and frosts them with a mint glaze….mmmm. I haven’t learned to make them, but I definitely want to and will post them as soon as I do. Thanks for the idea!