Hungarian Peach Cookies – Traditional Barátfüle-Style Peach-Shaped Cookies

These charming Hungarian Peach Cookies are one of the most beautiful traditional-style treats for a festive dessert table. 🍑🇭🇺

Made from tender, buttery cookie dough, filled with a rich chocolate or nut cream, and decorated with colorful sugar, they are designed to look like tiny peaches. The soft two-tone appearance, sparkling sugar coating, and little green leaves make them especially eye-catching.

Ingredients

For the Cookies

• 4 cups (500 g) all-purpose flour
• 1 cup (225 g) unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup (200 g) granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• Pinch of salt
• 2–3 tablespoons milk, if needed

For the Filling

• 100 g butter, softened
• ½ cup (100 g) powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 100 g ground walnuts
• 2–3 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1–2 tablespoons apricot jam

For Decorating

• Red or pink food coloring
• Yellow food coloring
• Fine granulated sugar
• A little water or milk
• Small fresh mint leaves or edible leaves for decoration