and the crisp short-crust pastry was shaped like a whole walnut, and inside was almond cream my Polish friend made some for me - but I can't find a picture on the whole internet
They are specially made with a little iron, like a waffle iron, but much niftier! Makes perfect little shells that stick together with the filling!



I want to know what they are called and it's too late tonight to ring her to ask for the name AGAIN

i ate too much chocolate

I don't know what they are but they sound good.

I wanted to make bourbon balls this year but they do not sell Vanilla Wafers here.

shanti0608 said:

bourbon...

balls:...

bourbon balls:...

no 'nilla wafers...what are they; a bunch of commies over there???

on the internetz they are called hungarian/russian/czech/... walnut shaped cookies

roodboi said:

I know...it is an outrage!
They sell something called a Bourbon Cookie but it does not have Bourbon in it. Well if they do, there is not enough in them to taste it.
Since I could not make my Bourbon Balls, we bought a bottle of Southern Comfort. Not going to make anything with it, just gonna drink it with Ginger Ale with a splash of Pomegranate juice to make it festive.

Cheers!


Happy Holidays to you and your family Jason.

shanti0608 said:

Seriously ?


orgnote me your address I'll mail you some

shanti0608 said:

what? I'm confused. is there bourbon in nilla wafers? and that is ODD that they don't sell them there...and there is where?

ZombieKitten said:

maybe it's just me but....why would a walnut shaped cookie be filled with almond cream? shouldn't it have a walnut cream (is there such a thing?) or be an almond shaped cookie instead? hmmm weird

Shorty said:

No, you add the bourbon or rum to crushed Vanilla wafers along with chocolate and nuts.

We live in the UK.

Mach said:

Aww thanks for the offer. I figure it is someone above telling me that I do not need them. After Christmas I hope to stay away from all of those bad things that I love like Vanilla Wafers. I can sit and eat the whole box in one sitting.

Merry Holidaze

shanti0608 said:

oh...I thought you 2 moved cross the pond..

Shorty said:

Not yet.... waiting for Immigration to process visa paperwork in Vermont. Could take 15 months so I was told.

I did NOT come here to be a suga cookie-getta!


[Edited 12/23/08 8:11am]

shanti0608 said:

oh wow. 15 months! so...it's vermont you'll be moving to? northern? southern? eastern? or western?

Shorty said:

We have not decided entirely where we will settle down. My uncle has offered for us to stay in one of his vacant but furnished homes in Delaware until we decide.
When I sent in the paperwork, I had to use my mother's address since I never longer have a mailing address in the states. They forwarded it from Chicago to Vermont for some reason. They are the busiest center and have the most back log. No rhyme or reason really, my mom lives in Tennessee.

Go figure.
Would have been much easier to have it processed here in London at the US consulate but they do not consider me a resident here either, though I have been her 15 months and have a visa.

I wish I could help but this sounds like nothing I've ever eaten in Poland

ZombieKitten said:

These any help?

http://images.google.co.u...n%26sa%3DN

http://images.google.co.u...n%26sa%3DN

http://images.google.co.u...n%26sa%3DN

http://www.myrecipefriend...c4ecfea008

Wow those cookies look incredible








Except the almond ones for dogs. Lucky dog though.
[Edited 12/23/08 11:56am]

Steadwood said:

YES!!!!

but the mould needs another part to press into the other half, to make shells instead of solid cookies



"Condensed milk," said the counterman, when I asked what's inside these walnut-shaped cookies.

"Homemade" and "delicious," he added. (Although he'd been speaking with his colleague in Russian, both of them managed full sentences, too, in perfectly good English.) The filling was a lot like dulce de leche (in color, for sure), and the cookies themselves were sweet; when I brought them out that evening, after a Cantonese dinner for eight, boy did they go fast.

I must add the filling thank goodness was nothing like dulce de leche

Shorty said:

walnut flavour wouldn't be as nice, and almond shape is too flat!

rushing07 said:

you need to seek them out when you get back for sure!!!

shanti0608 said:

have a drink or two....or three or four, for me...cheers

Hope you and Phil have a great Christmas...

mmmmm cookies

x
[Edited 12/23/08 19:11pm]

Mysterioso said:

Sugar cookie mon? You too close mon! You too close!

prb said:

co- Cookies are my weakness; I absolutely love them!

roodboi said:

Thank you!

i ate too much chocolate again

ZombieKitten said:

How about putting a walnut in them