What’s more perfect in the fall than a spicy cookie? How about a Polish spicy cookie?
Enter piernik.
It’s basically a dry gingerbread cookie filled with a jam filling and coated in a thin layer of chocolate.
A family I used to babysit for had these cookies once in a while, and I used to think that they tasted alright, but totally could be brought to the next level. And so, I was inspired to make these.
Piernik Cookies
1 cup whole wheat flour
0.5 cup brown rice flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
0.5 cup plus 2 TBL molasses
1 TBL cinnamon
1 tsp each nutmeg, freshly grated ginger, allspice
0.25 cloves
0.5 tsp salt
1 cup almond milk
0.5 cup preserves (I used raspberry, but apricot would be tasty as well)
Mix up the dry ingredients to it slightly resembles a black and white cookie...
Put the wet ingredients in the center of the dry ones so it resembles an egg...
Mix it up, baby!
Struggle forming your too-wet dough into thumbprint cookie shapes...
Having wet fingers helps make the wells in the cookies...
Fill with a drop of jam...
Cover with drops of remaining dough...
Bake up at 425 for about 12 minutes...
Dip tops in melted bittersweet chocolate...
The finished piernik...delicious!
