An easy recipe for this classic Passover food. I always prepare a lot extra so I can eat for days. The mixture will change color to the right shade of brown to mimic the appearance of mortar. If preferred, honey can be swapped out for sugar.
| Prep Time: | 25 mins |
| Cook Time: | 10 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 35 mins |
| Servings: | 32 |
| Yield: | 32 cookies |
Ingredients
- ½ cup flaked coconut
- ¼ cup walnuts
- ½ cup raspberry jam
- 1 (18 ounce) package refrigerated sugar cookie dough
- ¾ cup confectioners’ sugar
- 1 ¾ tablespoons water
- ½ teaspoon almond extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spread coconut and walnuts onto a baking sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven until coconut and walnuts are toasted, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from oven and finely chop walnuts.
- Combine raspberry jam, coconut, and walnuts together in a bowl.
- Divide cookie dough in half. Roll 1/2 the dough into a 12×7-inch rectangle on a lightly floured surface. Spread half the jam mixture over rolled dough to within 1/2 inch of the edges. Carefully roll dough, jelly roll-style, around filling; pinch side seam to seal roll, keeping ends open. Repeat with remaining dough and jam mixture. Wrap each dough roll in plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Remove plastic wrap from rolls.
- Cut dough into 1/4-inch thick slices and arrange on a baking sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven until edges just begin to brown, 7 to 9 minutes. Cool cookies for 1 minute on the baking sheet and transfer to wire racks.
- Whisk confectioners’ sugar, water, and almond extract together in a bowl until smooth; drizzle over warm cookies.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 109 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 16 g |
| Cholesterol | 2 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 60 mg |
| Sugars | 10 g |
| Fat | 5 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I had my doubts about this one, but they ended up being a pretty and decadent cookie.I bet these would be great with homemade sugar cookie dough!