Matpewka Cookies - Russia

These are some of the sweetest and most unique little cookies I've come cross. They are flat with a raised imprint of a Russian nesting doll.

I remember my grandma had a set of the Russian nesting dolls...it was fun to un-nest the dolls, line them up and put them back together again.

I thought that the idea of stacking dolls was originally from Russia - but apparently the first nesting dolls were actually made in China in the early 1800s.

The name of the cookies Matpewka - comes from the Russian name for "mother"...the dolls are a symbol of fertility and motherhood.

These cookies were not overly sweet and actually did not have much flavor - but we still enjoyed them with our tea today.

Russian Cookies

The package reads "Voronezhskiy" Cookies - Product of Russia. A 14.11 oz bag cost $1.99.

The ingredients are: Wheat flour, sugar, butter, egg, powdered whole milk, salt, yeast, fragrances

The cookies were round, and hard with a powdered top. The fragrance was kind of like bananas.



Dd "Tastes like circus peanuts candy."

Ds " Tastes like banana" - one little bite and he threw it away.

I ate a couple - was not impressed. Very dry. There was no expiration date on the package so that could be the problem.