Van cookies (yoghurt and walnut cookies)
Ingredients
- 400 gWheat flour
- 200 gSugar
- 200 gYogurt
- 184 gSunflower oil
- 100 gEgg step 1
- 10 gBaking powder
- 10 gVanilla
- 30 gButter
- 40 gWalnut
- 50 gEgg step 4
The source does not say how many it serves. Amounts are the whole recipe as written; no serving count was made up.
Grams are the real measure. Glasses and spoons are approximate and vary by ingredient. 1 Turkish glass is 200 ml.
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Cross-section
- Wheat flour33%
- Sugar16%
- Yogurt16%
- Sunflower oil15%
- Egg12%
- Walnut 3%
- Butter 2%
- Baking powder 1%
- Vanilla 1%
Ingredients by weight, heaviest at the bottom.
Method
Whisk the sugar and the eggs.
Add the flour, yoghurt, oil, baking powder, vanilla and butter and knead a dough as soft as an earlobe.
Divide the dough into walnut-sized pieces, roll them into balls and arrange them on a tray.
Place egg yolk and a walnut on each piece and bake in the oven for 25 minutes.
25 minThe source gives no oven temperature.
Where this recipe comes from
From a published work: quantities come from Zihni Yıldırım, B., Yılmaz, İ., Van Mutfağına Özgü Bazı Yöresel Yemekler (2023); the method is written in our own words.
- Zihni Yıldırım, B., Yılmaz, İ., Van Mutfağına Özgü Bazı Yöresel Yemekler (2023)Accessed: November 4, 2026
Last changed: November 1, 2026