Crosses - a traditional baptismal cookie

Honey Crosses

To prepare honey crosses for Epiphany, we will need:

• flour - 2 tbsp.


• honey - 300 g


• peeled nuts - 100 g


• vegetable oil - 2-3 tablespoons.


• spices (nutmeg, ginger, cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, etc.) - 1 tsp.


• soda - 1 tsp.


• lemon - 1 pc.


• raisins for decoration

Take the kernels of walnuts, almonds or hazel andthoroughly rub or pass through a meat grinder. Nuts are combined with honey, vegetable oil, spices and lemon with zest, grated on a fine grater, carefully mix everything. Mix the flour with soda, add to the mass and knead the dough. Ready dough rolled out, cut out of it a cookie in the form of crosses and bake in the oven until ready.

Yeast crosses

To prepare crosses from yeast dough, take the following ingredients:

• flour - 1 kg


• water 250 g


• vegetable oil - 125 g


• yeast - 25 g


• sugar - 1 tbsp.


• a pinch of salt


• sweet strong tea for lubrication


• raisins for decoration

We mix the lean yeast dough, roll it out and cut out the cookies in the form of crosses. The center of each cookie is decorated with a twist, we grease the biscuits with strong sweet tea and bake in the oven until cooked.

Crouching Crosses

In order to make cakes, we take the following products:

• flour - 250 g


• oil - 125 g


• sugar - 2.5 tbsp.


• egg - 1 piece


• cognac or rum - 1 glass


• Vanillin and salt - to taste

We connect all the products, knead the unleavened doughand divide it into several parts. Each part is rolled into a bundle and we put the tows on each other in the form of a cross. Lubricate the baking sheet with fat, lay out the cookies on it and bake it in the oven to a ruddy golden hue.

Bon Appetit!