Reviewed: Nov. 29, 2007

I guess this must be an Eastern European recipe! My mother made these cookies for Ukrainian Christmas, and everyone loved them. I lost the recipe, so thank you for sharing it. She called them "rohalyky" (horns)because she rolled the dough into a 12 inch circle, cut it like a pizza into 12 slices, put a teaspoon of jam at the widest end and rolled it towards the narrow end. She sprinkled the top with a mixture of sugar and nuts. They were delicious!

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Tania D.

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Living In: Kiev, Kiev (Special City), Ukraine

Reviewed: Nov. 23, 2007

My dad is from the Czech Republic and I made these for him as a surprise. He loved it and was so happy he immediately emailed my grandma to tell her what I made. Thanks so much for the recipe!! I am giving it 4 stars because he was confused about what they were at first- he is used to them being circular with jam in the center, like a thumbprint cookie. But they were delicious and my whole family loves them! Thanks!

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Jenn

Reviewed: Nov. 15, 2007

My greatgrandmother made these every year around the holidays. When she passed the tradition died. I am grateful to find this recipe. The only trouble I have is keeping the husband and kids out of the kitchen long enough to get a platter full of them.

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Tawnee

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA

Living In: Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 25, 2006

These cookies were pretty good! I had a hard time understanding how to shape them around the filling, but I ultimately decided to just bring 2 opposite corners of each square up and over the filling and pinch them together on top. They were pretty and tasted great. I think no matter how you shape them they are likely to be tasty. Great recipe overall.

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trizydlux

Reviewed: Dec. 18, 2006

I ditched my old recipe for this one. This was the easiest dough that I ever worked with.

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ALLFROMSCRATCH

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Dec. 1, 2006

Perfection. Used the shot-glass (unfolded) method, just like my Mom used to when I was a kid. I used Solo apricot filling - I could eat them all myself!

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Sweet Dolly

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Warrenville, Illinois, USA

Living In: Lockport, Illinois, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 15, 2006

Great recipe! Fruit jam also makes a delicious filling for those with nut allergies.

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klzee

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 7, 2005

I have never tried making these myself before and these turned out very well. Recipe was a lot simpler than I thought it would be. Cream cheese, butter and flour. That's it! Second time I made them, I wanted to go for a low fat version and used fat-free cream cheese and low fat butter. Taste was the same but the texture came out a little rubbery. It's an ok sacrifice to enjoy these with a little less guilt that way. I didnt make the walnut filling and just bought canned filling in Poppyseed, Apricot and Rasberry.

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Guiseppe Piscopo

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Living In: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 19, 2004

This was very good! The walnut filing was great, my husband ate about 15 of these within 15 minutes of them coming out of the oven. My Bohemian family would take these (with the prune filling my grandma always made) and cover them with heavy cream. The walnut filling is much better! :)

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JAHLERS

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Brandt, South Dakota, USA

Living In: Leonard, North Dakota, USA

Reviewed: Aug. 27, 2004

I have wanted to make these for years,but could never find a simple recipe,this is SO good,I used Solo fillings as others did. To save some time I also made some with a shot glass cut out and put a thumb print in it and filled that with the filling,they turn out the same! These are the best!

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