Baklava-Inspired Stuffed Cookies

Name: Baklava-Inspired Stuffed Cookies
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 200 g plain flour; 120 g brown sugar; 120 g butter, softened; 1 egg; 100 g cream cheese; 50 g pistachios, roughly chopped; 50 g walnuts, roughly chopped; 2 tbsp honey

Brown sugar cookies with a cream cheese centre and a pistachio-walnut baklava topping. Everything you love about baklava, in cookie form.

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Method

1
Cream butter and brown sugar until fluffy. Beat in egg. Stir in flour to a soft dough. Chill 30 minutes.
2
Roll into 10 balls. Press a well in each and fill with a small spoonful of cream cheese. Seal and reshape.
3
Mix pistachios and walnuts with honey. Press a little onto each cookie top.
4
Bake at 175 °C for 12–14 minutes. The centres will be soft — they firm as they cool.