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Fursecuri în Două Culori (Cocoa and Vanilla Cookies)

Cocoa and vanilla swirl cookies in a tin.
Photo by Matt Russell

Step inside any pastry shop in Romania and you will see in the glass cabinet, on the top shelf, an array of cookies called fursecuri and pișcoturi, which can be bought as an assortment and paid for by weight. I love these cocoa and vanilla cookies because they are fun to make and have two flavors in one. The patterns and shapes can vary almost to a form of art, according to one’s patience and skill. The recipe below makes one of the easiest patterns and is a good starting point for you to test the waters. They are of German influence in our cuisine and especially popular at Christmas.

This recipe was excerpted from 'Tava: Eastern European Baking and Desserts From Romania & Beyond' by Irina Georgescu. Buy the full book on Amazon.

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