Birch Bark “Birch Tree” Cookies

Name: Birch Bark “Birch Tree” Cookies
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients: 0.5 Eggs; 60 g Dark chocolate

Crumbly, tasty, festive, with a beautiful finish! To decorate Birch Tree “birch bark” cookies you only need chocolate and a simple icing. This unusual dessert, inspired by an Eastern European forest birch, will brighten tea time. Crispy, tender, pure joy for sweet lovers!

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Updated : 19 February, 2026

Easy

About 1 hour.

Ingredients

Dough

0.5

Eggs

75 grams

Butter

55 grams

Sugar

0.5 teaspoon

Vanilla sugar

0.25 teaspoon

Baking powder

140 grams

Wheat flour

Decorating

60 grams

Dark chocolate

90 grams

Powdered sugar

1 tablespoon

Lemon juice

0.5

Egg whites

5 grams

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

How to make Birch Tree cookies? Prepare the ingredients for shortcrust pastry. Take the butter out in advance so it softens. Use premium wheat flour.

Step 2

Mix the flour with baking powder and sift into a wide bowl.

Step 3

In a convenient bowl, combine softened butter, sugar, and vanilla sugar.

Step 4

Mash and whisk with a fork or whisk until fluffy and smooth.

Step 5

Add half an egg, mix.

Step 6

Add the sifted flour with baking powder and mix.

Step 7

Quickly knead the shortcrust dough. It should be soft and pliable. If it sticks too much, add a little flour, but don’t overdo it or the dough will turn tough. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour. Chilling makes shaping easier and improves texture: the butter won’t melt and the cookies will turn crumbly, not dense.

Step 8

Divide the chilled dough into equal pieces. I got 12 pieces. Keep the pieces in the fridge so they don’t warm up; take them out one by one as you shape. Roll a piece into a finger-thick log and flatten slightly.

Step 9

Lightly roll it into a narrow rectangle 3-5 mm (about 1/8-3/16 in) thick, rounding the corners a bit. Shape the rest the same way.

Step 10

Carefully transfer the pieces to a baking sheet lined with parchment.

Step 11

Bake in a preheated oven at 200°C / 392°F for 8-10 minutes. Don’t overbake or the cookies will be hard. As soon as the edges start to brown, remove the tray. Cool the cookies completely.

Step 12

For decoration, any dark chocolate works, but bittersweet/dark is best to balance sweetness.

Step 13

Separate the Oreo cookie halves from the filling. Crush the cookies into fine crumbs.

Step 14

Melt the chocolate in a double boiler: place broken chocolate in a cup set over a pot of simmering water and stir until fully melted. You can also melt it in the microwave.

Step 15

Spread melted chocolate on each cookie, not reaching the edges. Let the chocolate set completely.

Step 16

For the icing, sift powdered sugar through a fine sieve.

Step 17

In a suitable bowl, lightly whisk the egg white.

Step 18

Add powdered sugar and rub/whisk until combined.

Step 19

Add lemon juice little by little, stirring constantly. Adjust thickness with lemon juice and powdered sugar: if too thick, add lemon juice; if too thin, add more powdered sugar.

Step 20

Stir until the powdered sugar dissolves fully. The icing should be fluid enough to spread easily.

Step 21

Cover the chocolate layer with icing. Reserve a little icing for later. Let the icing dry slightly.

Step 22

Using a toothpick, randomly scrape off some icing in several spots to imitate birch bark pattern. Leave the cookies for a few minutes so the icing firms up a bit.

Step 23

Use the reserved icing to add small raised “bumps” near the scraped spots. Immediately sprinkle them with Oreo crumbs. Shake off loose crumbs by turning the cookie pattern-side down. Let the icing dry completely.

Step 24

With the tip of a knife, make small crosswise marks on the cookies. Birch Tree cookies are ready.

Step 25

Enjoy!

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