Candy drunk Izidor

7. 10. 2025

Drunk cookies is a popular term for all Christmas pastries to which alcohol is added. The most used types of alcohol are rum, egg cognac and griotka.

Ingredients:

Dough for cupcakes

  • 200 g plain flour
  • 125 g of butter
  • 100 g of sugar
  • 60 g ground walnuts
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
  • a pinch of ground cinnamon

Filling

  • 150 g ground walnuts
  • 50 g of powdered sugar
  • 50 ml of rum
  • 1 teaspoon of vanilla sugar
  • currant jam

Cream and frosting

  • 150 g of butter
  • 75 g of sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon of vanilla
  • chocolate topping

Method:

  1. Preheat the oven to 175°C.
  2. In a large bowl, mix all the ingredients for the dough, i.e. flour, sugar, eggs, melted butter, ground nuts, cocoa and cinnamon.
  3. Knead into a dough, which you then use to stretch the baking tins by hand.
  4. Place in the oven and bake for approximately 10-15 minutes.
  5. While the Izidor cupcakes are cooling, prepare the nut filling.
  6. Mix ground nuts, both types of sugar and rum in a bowl.
  7. Spread the inside of the cupcakes with currant jam and place a ball of walnut filling inside.
  8. Finally, beat the eggs with sugar over steam and then beat in the softened butter and cocoa.
  9. Apply the resulting cream to the cupcakes using a decoration, let it harden and then pour the chocolate glaze over it.
  10. If desired, you can decorate the cookies with a piece of walnut.
Christmas pastries in the form of Izidor chocolate-walnut cupcakes on a glass plate.
source: daybyme.com

Author of the article Milan & Ondra

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