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It’s been months since I’ve posted a video. :-O. Bad, bad v-logger. I felt a little rusty but I’m so happy to finally share another video with y’all. This recipe is special to me. My Mama made this for us as kids and still makes these cookies. They are always a treat.
I first posted this recipe 4 1/2 years ago and my picture (singular, as in only one) was pretty shabby and the instructions needed fine tuning. I’ve had several requests over the years to make a video for this recipe, so here it is.
I hope you enjoy love these as much as we do. They’re kind of irresistible… About 10 of them mysteriously disappeared before the filming was over?? Weeeird!
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Watch How To Make Mom’s Pryaniki:
Natasha Kravchuk
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Hi Natasha I’d love to try this out but i don’t have sour cream here can i use buttermilk because for some of your cakes i used it and it tuned out wonderful.
Hi Ranuth, I havne’t tried without sour cream, but here’s what one of our readers wrote: “I only had 8oz of sour cream so I added 8oz of cottage cheese to the recipe! Turned out the same.. maybe even better 🙂 thanks for the great recipe! 🙂” I hope this helps.
Hi Nnatasha, can you make this cookie dough the night before and chill it in the fridge before baking the next day??
Hi Anna, I honestly haven’t tested that to advise. If you experiment please let me know how you like the recipe.
Love these cookies…About to be making some for like the 10th time. My family loves them. Thank you for the recipe 🙂
That’s so great! That’s so great! It sounds like you have a new favorite!
Hi there natasha darlin hope that you are having a really great summer so far made these cookies yesterday special to kick off the 9 days and wow they are a really big hit even my mom was in heaven and mind you she’s so not a major mint fan and also my dad and I really liked them I even had second one was almost gonna go for a third but it was really late @ night and had to stop myself these are just really yummy delish and so very addictive too I gave a small ziploc baggie to my great aunt shirley who loves most of my homemade goodies thanx so much for the video tutorial that was really super helpful will definitely be making these again for another occasion btw I have an extra bag in the freezer again thanx so much for all your fun cool awesome wholesome recipes girlfriend can’t wait for more have a really great super cool day and week ahead cheers
What an amazing review! Thanks for following and taking the time to leave such thoughtful comments, Tzivia! Thank you for sharing this with us.
I can just picture myself coming home from school as a kid and these would be in the kitchen waiting for us ❤️ now I will be making them for my kids! Thank you
What a sweet memory! I hope your family loves this recipe.
I recently made these for a wedding and they turned out great and delicious! The only thing I added was silver sugar sprinkles since that was the wedding color. So I glazed the bottom first and then the tops and immediately after glazing the tops and before they dried I sprinkled them! Turned out gorgeous
That sounds so fancy!
Their’re really good and this recipe is so easy and simple,but at the same time so delicious. I’m making this recipe for an school activity and I think they will love it😍❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️
Thank you for this incredible recipe.
You’re welcome! I’m so happy you enjoyed it
These turned out so good. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. You are so talented and I’m looking forward to making some of your other recipes.
Thank you for the great review! I hope you find many new favorites!
these were my first attempt at making pryaniki and this recipe was so easy to follow, they turned out to be everything you had promised and taste so good that we only have 6 left from yesterday. my 3 year old frosted them and loved being the helper. we don’t have a russian store where i live so this was a treat!! i love recipes that have simple ingredients that are already in my pantry and these were a spur of a moment thing so thank you for making my family happy. God bless you my friend.
i didn’t have peppermint extract so i added a little bit of orange extract and they were amazing!
I LOVE that idea. I think I’ll try that next time I make these cookies! 🙂
Thank you Tanya, you’re so sweet. God bless you too! I’m so happy you loved the recipe. I can just imagine you making these with your little helper. 🙂
I have been looking for praniki recipe for a long time. As soon as I saw your recipe I had to give it a try. And Once again….You did it!! Thank you, Very good cookies. Kids loved making them, frosting them and of course eating them. Thank you for the video, and detailed directions. I will defiantly make these again.
Awww that’s so awesome! I’m smiling big. Thank you Inessa 🙂