These cookies are from an old recipe of my grandmother's (Gro�ma Klassen). The recipe calls for 4 1/4 cups flour but the extra 1/4 cup is not often used.
Braunschweiger Kuchen
2 cups brown sugar
1/2 cup honey
1/3 cup butter
4 cups flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/4 tsp ground mace (or nutmeg)
1 tsp soda
1 tsp ground star anise
1 egg
1tbs lemon juice
1 tbs grated lemon zest
Mix the sugar and honey and heat over gentle heat (flame) until melted. Do not boil. Add butter, lemon juice and zest. Cool.
Combine milk to which a beaten egg is added and stir liquids into flour that has been sifted with spices and soda. Should be a soft sticky dough.
Let stand, wrapped in plastic, overnight.
Roll dough out 1/8 inch thick. Sprinkle with sugar and roll over once. Cut into shapes.
Bake at 350�F for up to 15 minutes (I baked for 11-12 minutes until just brown, depends on pans and ovens). Store when cooled in containers with a piece of apple until cookies are soft - up to 3 weeks.
Happy Holidays!
Braunschweiger Kuchen
2 cups brown sugar
1/2 cup honey
1/3 cup butter
4 cups flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/4 tsp ground mace (or nutmeg)
1 tsp soda
1 tsp ground star anise
1 egg
1tbs lemon juice
1 tbs grated lemon zest
2 tbs milk
Mix the sugar and honey and heat over gentle heat (flame) until melted. Do not boil. Add butter, lemon juice and zest. Cool.
Combine milk to which a beaten egg is added and stir liquids into flour that has been sifted with spices and soda. Should be a soft sticky dough.
Let stand, wrapped in plastic, overnight.
Roll dough out 1/8 inch thick. Sprinkle with sugar and roll over once. Cut into shapes.
Bake at 350�F for up to 15 minutes (I baked for 11-12 minutes until just brown, depends on pans and ovens). Store when cooled in containers with a piece of apple until cookies are soft - up to 3 weeks.
Happy Holidays!
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