Beehive Cookies Recipes

BEEHIVE COOKIES (CZECH TRADITIONAL VCELI ULY)

Steps:

• Combine the cookie crumbs, water, 1 3/4 cups confectioners' sugar, 1/3 cup butter, 1/4 cup rum, and cocoa powder. Work the mixture into a smooth dough, wrap it in plastic, and refrigerate for 1 hour or until firm.
• Beat the 1/2 cup butter with 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar. Mix in 2 tablespoons of rum, sweetened condensed milk, and egg yolk.
• Grease a beehive mold or a walnut shell and coat it with cocoa or confectioners' sugar. Divide the chilled dough into balls to fit the size of your mold. Roll the balls in cocoa or sugar. Push the dough into the mold and make a hollow in the center.
• Use a pastry bag or sandwich bag with the corner snipped off to pipe the filling in the cookie shell. Cover the filling with a vanilla wafer (the beehive "base"), and carefully remove the mold. Repeat with the remaining cookies. Store beehives in a cool place. Flavor will improve for 2 or 3 days.

MERINGUE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). To prevent burning you can bake on an air cushion baking sheet or put parchment paper on a regular cookie sheet.
• Beat egg whites, salt, cream of tartar, and vanilla until very firm. Gradually add sugar and mix. Fold in chocolate chips.
• Drop by teaspoonfuls on pan. Bake 300 degrees for 25 minutes. They should only be lightly browned.

FILLED BEEHIVE COOKIES

Steps:

• Filling: Combine all filling ingredients together in a bowl and mix well. Set aside.
• Cookie Dough: Sift together flour and salt, then cut in butter.
• Stir in powdered sugar and lemon rind.
• Add egg, vanilla & light cream, then mix until dough is smooth.
• Form into a ball. Roll out 1/4 of dough on floured pastry cloth to 1/8 inch thick. Cut into rounds with 1 1/2" cutter.
• Place rounds on a greased baking sheet (or line with parchment) and top each with 1 Tblsp of apple filling (keep in a mound).
• Roll remaining dough with your hands on a cloth into pencil like strips 8 inches long and 1/2 inch thick. Wind one strip in a spiral fashion around the filling of each cookie, beginning at the base and gradually close at the top.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.

BEEHIVE COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• In large bowl, combine sour cream, honey, eggs and vanilla. Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
• Drop dough by tablespoonfuls onto greased baking sheets. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until golden brown. Cool on wire racks. Yields 3 dozen cookies.