"Sofie Bandtholtz" <bandtholtz@mail.dk> wrote in message...
> Can somebody tell me in English, if it's possible to make Julesmåkager and
> Klejner without eggs. Send any recipes if you have them.
Here's a little collection of Julesmåkage recipes without eggs..
Brown Christmas Cookies:
(Brune kager)
There are numerous recipes for these cookies, we have chosen this one:
You can either roll the pastry out with a rolling pin and use a small glass to
stencil out the round shape, or you can make it into a sausage shape and
then cut slices of it Decorate with an almond flake before baking.
Ingredients:
200 g golden syrup
250 g butter
200 g sugar
2 tsp potash
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp cloves
1 tsp ginger
50 g Seville orange peel
possibly a little orange peel
½ kg white flour
decoration:
75 g almond flakes
Method:
Mix the syrup, butter and sugar in a pot and warm while stirring until the
sugar is dissolved. Cool until lukewarm and add potash, cinnamon,
ginger, cloves and Seville orange peel with the flour. Mix the pastry well
with a wooden spoon and cool to room temperature.
Roll the pastry out with a rolling pin when the pastry feels hard but still
flexible. Stencil round cookies out with a small glass (5-6 cm in diameter)
and place on a baking sheet. Place a almond flake on each.
Bake at 175°C (350°F) for 8-10 minutes high in the oven.
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Sugar Pretzel:
(Sukkerkringler)
Small cookies are an important part of the Danish Christmas tradition.
The coffee table in the south west of Denmark is famous for it'd size
and diversity. Believe me, it is overwhelming.
Ingredients:
225 g white flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
200 g butter
50 ml water
1 tsp vinegar
for brushing:
1 egg
50 g large grain sugar
Method:
Mix flour and baking powder and crumble the butter into it. Add water
and vinegar and knead the pastry together. Leave the pastry to rest in
the fridge for one hour.
Roll out the pastry to a very thin plate on a floured table. Cut the pastry
to 10-12 by ½ cm strips. Shape to small pretzels.
Put on greaseproof paper, brush with egg and drizzle with the coarse
sugar. Bake at 225°C (440°F) for 5-6 minutes.
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Grease Bread:
(Fedtebrød)
These cookies are fast and easy to make and look great with the white
icing. Adding a little rum to the icing adds extra flavour and atmosphere..
Ingredients:
250 g white flour
½ tsp ammonium carbonate
250 g butter
150 g dessiccated coconut
150 g sugar
icing:
225 g icing sugar
water
1 tbsp rum (if desired)
Method:
Mix the flour and the ammonium carbonate. Crumble the butter into the
flour, add the coconut and sugar and knead until firm.
Roll the pastry into long bars and flatten them a little. Place on
greaseproof paper and bake for 10-12 minutes at 200°C (390°F).
Stir up the icing sugar with the water (and the rum if desired), until it
has a suitable consistency. Put the icing on the bars while they are
still hot. Cut diagonally into canapés.
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Granny's Pepper Cookies:
(Pebernødder, oldemors)
It is almost impossible to stop eating them, they are SO crunchy
and will melt in your mouth
Ingredients:
125 g butter
125 g sugar
1 egg
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
½ tsp ground ginger
¾ tsp cardamom
½ tsp cinnamon
1 pinch white pepper
275 g white flour
Method:
Stir sugar and butter together and add the egg. Mix spices with the
bicarbonate of soda and flour. Knead together with the sugar mix.
Flour a table and roll the dough into a finger thick sausage shape.
Cut off in ½ to 2 cm length, depending on how big you want the
cookies. They do rise some during the baking.
Roll the pepper cookies into ball shape in the palms of your hand,
squeeze them a little and place on a baking sheet. Bake at 200°C
(390°F) for 10-12 minutes.
Leave to cool and store in an airtight container.
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Christmas Cookies with Nuts:
(Nøddespecier)
The pastry for this cookie is easy to make and can easily be made
in advance and stored in the fridge or freezer.
Ingredients:
180 g white flour
150 g butter
60 g sifted icing sugar
finely chopped nuts
Method:
Rub flour and butter together. Add the icing sugar and knead the
pastry together quickly. Roll into thick sausage shapes and place
in the fridge.
Slice thinly and bake in the oven for 5 minutes at 200°C (390°F)
on the top shelve. Cool and keep in an airtight container.
These cookies are great fun for the kids. They are easy and
fast to make.
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For more danish recipes in english - look here...
www.danish-deli-food.com/English/cookbook/recipes.asp?pid=11
FYI: Klejner is called "Chrispy Cruller" in english, but all recipes are
with eggs, - sorry!
Have a nice Christmas!
Best regards
Peter W. Bosse
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