Best Polish Tea Cookies Recipes

POLISH TEA COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream together butter and sugar. Add egg yolk and vanilla; beat well. Add the flour; beat again.
• Chill dough for several hours.
• Heat oven to 325 degrees.
• Combine almonds with 2 tablespoons sugar. Form dough into small balls and dip in lightly beaten egg white, then in almond-and-sugar mixture. Press center of each ball with your thumb.
• Bake for 5 minutes, then remove and push down centers again. Bake for another 15 minutes, or until golden brown. Cool slightly and fill centers with jam.

POLISH TEA CAKE COOKIES (CIASTKA ZKONISERWIL)

Steps:

• Cream butter & sugar til light, add egg yolk then vanilla mixing well after each. Add flour w/ salt. Roll dough into small balls, dip into beaten egg whites & roll in chopped nuts. Place on GREASED cookie sheet. Press down center of each. Bake at 325 for 5 minutes & press down centers again. Bake additional 10 - 15 mins. till golden on bottom. Add raspberry preserves while still warm

POLISH LEMON SANDWICH TEA COOKIES RECIPE - CYTRYNOWE CIASTECZKA DO HERBATY

Steps:

• To make the cookie dough: In a large bowl or stand mixer, cream superfine sugar and 8 ounces softened butter until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg yolk, lemon juice and lemon zest (save 1/2 teaspoon zest for filling) until well incorporated. Beat in the flour 1/2 cup at a time until thoroughly mixed.
• Place rack in the middle of the oven and heat to 375 degrees. Using a 1-inch cookie scoop, portion dough onto parchment-lined sheet pans, spacing 2 inches apart. Using the bottom of a glass that has been dipped in flour, lightly tamp the dough twice to flatten it. Repeat with remainder of cookies, dipping glass in more flour, as necessary, so cookies won't stick. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until the edges are starting to brown but still quite light in color overall. Remove from oven. Cool 5 minutes on sheet pans and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
• To make the filling: In a medium bowl, cream together 1/3 cup softened butter, 4 cups confectioners' sugar, 3 tablespoons lemon juice and reserved 1/2 teaspoon zest. If mixture is too thick, add milk 1 tablespoon at a time until desired consistency is achieved. This mixture should be thick but smooth.
• To assemble the sandwich cookies: You can use a teaspoon to place dollops of filling on, but I prefer to use a piping bag with a plain tip to pipe a spiral of filling onto the flat side of one cookie and then top with another cookie, flat side down, twisting the top cookie a little to make sure it is on securely. Dust the tops with confectioners' sugar.