Medvedie labky: Slovak walnut and cocoa cookies

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1. Make the dough

   40 min

   Mix the flour with the ground walnuts, powdered sugar, cocoa powder, cinnamon, cloves, and vanilla sugar. Add the cold butter, cut into cubes, and the egg, and quickly work into a smooth dough. Wrap in plastic wrap and let rest in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

2. Prepare the molds

   5 min

   Grease the bear paw cookie molds with butter. Preheat the oven to 170 °C (340 °F).

3. Fill the molds

   15 min

   Take walnut-sized pieces of dough and press them into the molds, making sure the dough fills the ridges. Trim any excess dough from the edges with a knife.

4. Bake

   30 min

   Place the molds on a baking sheet and bake for 12–15 minutes. Let the cookies stand for 3 minutes, then unmold them while still warm by tapping the molds against a cutting board.

5. Coat in sugar

   5 min

   Mix the powdered sugar with the vanilla sugar and coat the warm cookies in the mixture.

Tip: Unmold the cookies while warm; once cool, they stick to the molds and break. Between batches, simply wipe the molds with a paper towel and grease them again.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Orechové medvedie labky s kakaom z formičiek