Berliner Brot: 250 g unsalted Butter 250g Sugar 500g Flour 3 egg yolk 1 pa vanilla sugar 3 tee sp cinnamon 3table sp cacao 2 table sp apple jelly 150g roughly chopped chokolate 200g roughly chopped hazelnuts and almonds (each)
Mix all ingredients till you have a smooth dough. Put the dough an a backing plate that is covered with baking parchment. Bake it aprox. 20min at 200°Celsius.
I admire your desire to bake. One time, I tried to make Spekulatius and I think it almost destroyed my soul. The dough is very rich and difficult to deal with, but I am going to try it again this year. Hopefully it won't end in tears like last time (kidding).
I definitely miss the coffee/cookies/cake aspect of Germany. So much so that I just spent $5 on Spekulatius in DC this past weekend (considering it's like, 1E in Germany... haha).
Good luck with the recipes, wish I had something constructive to offer!
Hello! I'm not really your neighbor, I was in town from Philly to see the Caps/Flyers game and make a holy pilgrimage to the house of Ovechkin.
BUT... we stayed at the Holiday Inn at the Ballston stop on the Orange Line. When you get out of the metro, there is a shopping complex about fifty feet from the entrance. I'm not sure of the name of the place, but it's a gourmet store with meats, cheeses, chocolates and baked goods and tons of imported stuff. They have freshly made Mandelhörnchen too, which made my heart sing. I know these are horrible directions, but if you feel like taking a little trip, there would be the place to go.
You can also go to Germandeli.com and order it, or check on Ebay where they have several auctions.
Even if I make no other cookies, i make theselakritzeNovember 5 2007, 20:40:00 UTC
This is not my recipe, but I LOVE this recipe. It is the closest dough I found to some cookies my friend's mom made in SW Germany. (she just shaped the dough into little logs and dipped the ends in chocolate (kuchenglasur?). )
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Ingredients
* 150 grams butter
* 210 grams flour
* 80 grams ground hazelnuts or almonds
* 80 grams powdered sugar
* one whole egg
* 60 grams powdered sugar
* 3 tablespoons vanilla sugar
Recipe
Sieve the flour into a heap on a pastry board or into a large bowl.
Cut the cold butter into small pieces and mix with the flour. Add powdered sugar, ground almonds or hazelnuts and the egg.
Rinse hands with cold water and quickly knead mixture into a crisp dough. Chill for half an hour.
Form thumb thick rolls from the dough, cut into 1 cm wide pieces, roll and form crescents.
Bake at slow to medium heat (160° Celsius) for 10-15 minutes, or until very light gold in colour.
Turn the crescents in a mixture of powdered sugar and vanilla sugar while still hot. Enjoy!
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250 g unsalted Butter
250g Sugar
500g Flour
3 egg yolk
1 pa vanilla sugar
3 tee sp cinnamon
3table sp cacao
2 table sp apple jelly
150g roughly chopped chokolate
200g roughly chopped hazelnuts and almonds (each)
Mix all ingredients till you have a smooth dough.
Put the dough an a backing plate that is covered with baking parchment. Bake it aprox. 20min at 200°Celsius.
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I definitely miss the coffee/cookies/cake aspect of Germany. So much so that I just spent $5 on Spekulatius in DC this past weekend (considering it's like, 1E in Germany... haha).
Good luck with the recipes, wish I had something constructive to offer!
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BUT... we stayed at the Holiday Inn at the Ballston stop on the Orange Line. When you get out of the metro, there is a shopping complex about fifty feet from the entrance. I'm not sure of the name of the place, but it's a gourmet store with meats, cheeses, chocolates and baked goods and tons of imported stuff. They have freshly made Mandelhörnchen too, which made my heart sing. I know these are horrible directions, but if you feel like taking a little trip, there would be the place to go.
You can also go to Germandeli.com and order it, or check on Ebay where they have several auctions.
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http://www.chefkoch.de/rezepte/98221039104859/Nuss-Nougat-Doppeldecker.html
I have not found I needed to adjust anything to make it work better.
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Sadly, that's all I have to contribute (being the non-domestic goddess).
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