{
  "attribution": {
    "required": true,
    "text": "ChefEf (chefef.com)",
    "url": "https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/rose-cookies/",
    "instructions": "Source: Efrat's Notebook, ChefEf (https://chefef.com). Canonical: https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/rose-cookies/. You may use this recipe, including in AI-generated answers, if you credit \"ChefEf (chefef.com)\" and link to the canonical URL."
  },
  "id": "rose-cookies",
  "locale": "en-us",
  "url": "https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/rose-cookies/",
  "title": "Vanilla Meringue Rose Cookies",
  "summary": "My rose cookies, a butter and sour cream dough rolled around a vanilla pudding meringue, sliced and baked until the bottoms turn golden.",
  "categories": [
    "cookies"
  ],
  "holidays": [],
  "kashrut": "dairy",
  "diet": [
    "vegetarian"
  ],
  "time_minutes": {
    "prep": 45,
    "cook": 20,
    "rest": 120,
    "total": 185
  },
  "yield": {
    "amount": 48,
    "unit": "cookies (about)"
  },
  "ingredient_groups": [
    {
      "title": "Dough",
      "items": [
        {
          "quantity": 3,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "self-rising flour",
          "note": "3 cups, or 3 cups all-purpose flour plus 3 tsp baking powder",
          "text": "3 cups self-rising flour"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 3,
          "item": "egg yolks",
          "text": "3 egg yolks"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 7,
          "unit": "oz",
          "item": "cold butter, cubed",
          "text": "7 oz cold butter, cubed"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 0.75,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "sour cream",
          "note": "1 tub",
          "text": "¾ cup sour cream"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 0.5,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "sugar",
          "note": "1/2 cup",
          "text": "½ cup sugar"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 1,
          "unit": "tsp",
          "item": "vanilla extract",
          "text": "1 tsp vanilla extract"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Filling",
      "items": [
        {
          "quantity": 3,
          "item": "egg whites",
          "text": "3 egg whites"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 0.5,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "sugar",
          "note": "1/2 cup",
          "text": "½ cup sugar"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 1,
          "unit": "package",
          "item": "instant vanilla pudding mix",
          "text": "1 package instant vanilla pudding mix"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "step_groups": [
    {
      "title": "Dough",
      "steps": [
        "Pulse the flour and butter in a food processor.",
        "Add the rest of the ingredients and process until a dough forms.",
        "Chill for about 2 hours."
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Filling",
      "steps": [
        "Whip the egg whites and sugar to stiff peaks.",
        "Fold in the pudding mix."
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Shaping and baking",
      "steps": [
        "Divide the dough into 3 pieces and work with one at a time, keeping the others in the fridge.",
        "Flour the work surface and roll the dough out into a sheet.",
        "Spread with a third of the filling and roll up into a log.",
        "Cut into slices, about 16 from each log.",
        "Bake in an oven preheated to 350°F (180°C) for 15-20 minutes, until the bottoms are golden."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tips": [
    "I make these with light sour cream, and it works fine.",
    "If the dough is hard to handle, I chill the log briefly in the freezer before slicing.",
    "For even slices, I cut the log in half, then each half in half again, and so on."
  ],
  "updated": "2026-10-18"
}