Walnut Cookies

Name: Walnut Cookies
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 320 g Wheat flour; 200 g Walnut

Simple and quick, shortcrust, with a delicious filling! Walnut Cookies are fragrant, crumbly, beautiful, and very tasty. You’ll get them right the first time if you follow a few key tips.

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Updated : 20 October, 2025

Easy

About 30 min.

Ingredients

Dough

320 grams

Wheat flour

80 grams

Sour cream

1

Eggs

1 teaspoon

Baking powder

50 grams

Butter

1 grams

Salt

1 grams

Vanillin

Filling

200 grams

Walnut

3 tablespoon

Sugar

2 tablespoon

Butter

Table

Table of volume measurements:

teaspoon - 5 ml
dessert spoon - 10 ml
tablespoon - 20 ml
glass - 200 ml

Preparation

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Step 1

Start by preparing the filling. You can use other nuts if you prefer. The butter should be at room temperature, so take it out of the fridge in advance.

Step 2

Finely chop the walnuts with a knife, or pulse briefly in a blender, or crush them in a bag with a rolling pin.

Step 3

Add sugar to the nuts and mix. Add softened butter.

Step 4

Mix again until the butter is evenly distributed throughout the nuts.

Step 5

Now prepare the dough. Use high-quality flour and a large egg. You can replace vanilla powder with 1 tsp vanilla extract or 1 tsp vanilla sugar.

Step 6

In a blender bowl, add sifted flour and cubed cold butter. Pulse until you get fine crumbs. You can also rub it by hand, but a blender is faster and cleaner.

Step 7

In a separate bowl, combine sour cream, egg, sugar, salt, and vanilla. Whisk until the sugar dissolves.

Step 8

Pour the egg mixture into the flour crumbs.

Step 9

Knead a soft, elastic dough. At first, it will be sticky but will soon come together into a smooth ball.

Step 10

Divide the dough into two equal parts.

Step 11

Roll out each part on a floured surface into an oval about 1-1.5 inches (3-4 cm) thick. Make sure it doesn’t stick by keeping the surface lightly floured.

Step 12

Spread the nut-sugar filling evenly over each oval, leaving about ½ inch (1-1.5 cm) border around the edges.

Step 13

Roll each oval tightly into a log from the short side.

Step 14

Slice each roll diagonally with a regular or decorative knife - you’ll get pretty, patterned cookies.

Step 15

Place the cookies on a baking tray lined with greased parchment, leaving space between them (they’ll expand 1.5-2x while baking). Bake at 350°F (180°C) for 10-15 minutes until lightly golden. Don’t let the bottoms burn - watch your oven.

Step 16

Let the cookies cool slightly, sprinkle with powdered sugar if desired, and serve. Enjoy your treat!