Recipe list of Czech and Slovak Christmas cookies /Souhrn receptu na ceske a slovenske vanocni cukrovi - Czechmatediary (2024)

belDecember 11, 2009, 8:20 pm

Hi Tanja! I am actually planning to try your vanilla crescents recipe this weekend! I will let you know how it turns out. Thanks for all these recipes.

TanjaDecember 11, 2009, 11:10 pm

MarikaDecember 12, 2009, 10:30 am

Hi Bel,
Make sure not to eat them all at once. Vanilla crescents are best kept in paper box at least for two weeks before Christmas. This helps the flavors to sink in. Trust me there is no comparison(: Good luck

lenkaDecember 12, 2009, 3:26 pm

yeah, I agree with that. They fall apart, Yummy. And they are even better about half way into April 🙂

TanjaDecember 12, 2009, 7:58 pm

Marika, can it be a plastic box or does it have to be a paper box?

belDecember 12, 2009, 9:55 pm

I think I am going to be making a double recipe, then! So that there will be enough to last until Christmas (hopefully). Maybe I will hide some away to “age.” 🙂

lenkaDecember 12, 2009, 10:18 pm

We used to keep ours in a shoe boxes with paper in there. Of course that is all we had back then when we were little. Now, I use a tupper wear, sometimes I put a paper tower to seal the lid and absorbe all the moisture if any. Worked just great. And you seal in the favore. 🙂

AndreaDecember 13, 2009, 12:45 am

this might sound funny but do you have a recipe for hovinka’s? It might be my grandma’s term for them, but in your picture up top, it looks like the ones second from the right. The little chocolate ones beside the vanilla crescents. Thank you so much for posting all these recipes!

lenkaDecember 13, 2009, 8:50 am

those look like the rum balls. Or a variation of them. We used to make these – just add cocoa powder in the dough for more chocolate favore. You can roll them in cocoa powder, nuts or grated coconut. We also used to make these from piskoty or left over piskot. 🙂

MarikaDecember 13, 2009, 10:26 am

Tana, plastic is just fine, like Lenka said, just make sure that you line it with paper towel. If I don’t have paper boxes around the house I usually get them from Dollar store(:
Anybody has a recipe for vosi hnizda? (wasp hives)

My sme piekli z Lukym perniky a vsetky sme ich zjedli. Tak zaciname od zaciatku, diky moc ze inspiraciu. Musim vyskusat. Milujem Vianocku, ale neviem ci to zvladnem……
Tani keby si si chcela precitat clanok o jednej milej dievcinke z Czechmatediary tu je:
http://slovakmama.blogspot.com/2009/12/vianocne-darceky-alebo-tanja-z.html
Pa pa
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belDecember 13, 2009, 12:56 pm

The vanilla crescents turned out great! Thank you! 🙂

TanjaDecember 13, 2009, 5:35 pm

AlbertDecember 14, 2009, 5:06 pm

honzaDecember 16, 2009, 1:15 pm

HI dont try to make any czech cookies unless you have a real czech rum (tuzemak)using northamerican rum is not
as tasty!

patDecember 23, 2009, 9:26 pm

Thanks for the recipes.
I had a Czech friend who used to give me cookies for Christmas. The crescents were good, but I really liked the chocolate ones. They had a texture like very firm shortbread and were chocolate and not sweet. She gave me the recipe, but I lost it when I moved and can not remember what they were called. I wish I had had that recipe again.

TanjaDecember 24, 2009, 12:28 am

Hi Pat, was she making those walnut tarts? Those have exactly that exact description you gave us. If that’s the case, the recipe is right here 🙂

JamieDecember 27, 2009, 11:08 pm

The only Czech cookie that I’ve never seen since my grandmother died is “ježky”. They’re an extruded cookie, hard and rough on the roof of your mouth. They are made on the same day the pracny are made, because both cookies contain the same ingredients, except that one cookie requires the egg yolk and the other takes the egg white. Any contact with the Czech side of my family, particularly around Christmas, involved these cookies, but no Czech I’ve ever asked about them has ever seen or heard of them.

TanjaDecember 28, 2009, 12:02 am

Oh, so Jamie, your grandma was Czech???? Now it all makes sense ;))
I have never heard of “Jezky” either. I even tried to find in on a Czech cooking webiste and with no luck. Sorry..

JamieDecember 28, 2009, 2:44 am

lenkaDecember 29, 2009, 8:22 pm

Sorry, I have not heard of these either. I even asked my mom. No luck. 🙁

juroMarch 30, 2012, 5:52 am

Thanks for the recipes. -)

SylvaOctober 5, 2012, 4:52 pm

JR ProspalDecember 17, 2013, 4:21 pm

Hello Tanja, I found your site while searching for the name of a czech holiday cookie. It is two pieces of almond pastry bars with strawberry sandwiched in between. Is there a specific name for those other than cukovi?

TanjaDecember 18, 2013, 8:47 pm

hmm…you mean strawberry jam in between?

JR ProspalDecember 19, 2013, 5:36 pm

Yes, strawberry jam.

ChristyDecember 17, 2015, 12:49 pm

Hi,
I am wondering about the picture above that shows 6 different cookies. My husband is Czech and I am doing first Czech Christmas traditions. From left to right, what is the fifth and sixth cookies and do you offer recipe for them. Husband explained they have cream inside of them. Any help is appreciated. Thank you very much, Christy

TanjaDecember 17, 2015, 1:46 pm

NancyJuly 15, 2016, 1:16 pm

Years ago I worked with a Czech woman who made the most wonderful cookies ever. She taught me how to make a few of those you show above but my favorites were the Beehives, also called Uly I think. Eventually I found a place to buy the forms and now they are a Christmas tradition in my house.

TanjaAugust 23, 2016, 9:26 am

That’s grate Nancy! I hope she showed you how to make vanilla crescents too (vanilkove rohlicky)…

AngelaNovember 15, 2016, 11:05 am

Can anyone help me figure out a Czech cookie. My Grandma called it tczesky (spelling?). She would cut strips of dough and lay them over the back of a rounded bread pan. Then they were covered in powdered sugar and peanuts. They were always a dry cookie and not very sweet. The only cookie I can find that is similar is the vanilla crescents. I was wondering if this recipe cut into strips instead was it.

JRDecember 3, 2017, 7:03 pm

My grandmother made a pastry called ‘listy’ (sp?) that sounds similar, twisted strips of thin, crispy, puff-pastry like, dusted with powdered sugar. Her version did not include peanuts, however. In English, she called them Angel Wings. Not sure if that helps you at all, but I’m craving them.

Melissa ClarkDecember 5, 2017, 3:46 pm

Thanks for sharing. I have about 12 recipes, but I’m trying to find as many cookie or other deserts from around the world Christmas recipes I can share and make with my grandchildren, part of a new tradition to go with the ones we’ve shared for many generations, past and present.

TanjaDecember 5, 2017, 5:04 pm

What a great tradition!

TanjaDecember 5, 2017, 5:05 pm

hmm…did it have any filling?

My mom used to make a cookie that i loved as a kid. So many years ago though, and i cannot find a similar recipe in my searches. It was cut into long rectangles and the bottom was very buttery, crumbly, soft cookie and it had a crisp meringue- like top to it. Any ideas?

TaylorApril 25, 2019, 10:43 pm

My dad is Czech and I want to make these to surprise him 🙂 hope they turn out like he makes them

TanjaMay 4, 2019, 7:25 pm

My grandma used to make these! She would add elderberry into the meringue. Unfortunately, I do not know the recipe.