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Chocolate-orange thumbprint cookies with lard

Tender cocoa cookies made with lard and orange zest, baked with an indentation and filled with sour cherry or currant jam. Makes 30.

Slovak cuisine · Christmas cookies and baking · Translated from Slovak ·

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time
30 min
Cook time
15 min
Total time
45 min
Temperature
170 °C (340 °F)
Servings
30 cookies
Difficulty
Easy
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Cocoa cookies made with lard are traditional homemade Christmas cookies that stay tender and keep well thanks to the lard. The dough is made with all-purpose flour, lard, powdered sugar, cocoa powder, and grated orange zest. Each ball of dough is given an indentation, which is filled with sour cherry or currant jam after baking.

Ingredients

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Instructions

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  1. Make the dough

    Mix the sifted flour with the cocoa powder and powdered sugar. Add the lard and grated zest from the washed orange, and quickly work into a smooth dough.

  2. Shape the cookies

    Roll the dough into a log, cut it into equal pieces, and shape into walnut-sized balls. Place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and press an indentation into each one with the handle of a wooden spoon.

  3. Bake

    Bake in an oven preheated to 170 °C (340 °F) for about 15 minutes. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet; they break easily while warm.

  4. Fill with jam

    Fill the indentations in the cooled cookies with jam.

Tip: Knead the lard dough only briefly, as the warmth of your hands softens it. If it gets sticky, refrigerate it for 20 minutes.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per piece, calculated from the ingredients

Energy
120 kcal
Protein
0.9 g
Carbohydrates
14 g
of which sugars
6.5 g
Fat
6.8 g
of which saturates
2.7 g
Fiber
0.4 g
Salt
0.0 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Kakaové koláčiky s masťou, pomarančom a lekvárom

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