Going Halfway Around the World: How to Make German Cookies
Going Halfway Around the World: How to Make German Cookies
By Kori Puckett Your Just Desserts
I absolutely loved experimenting with foreign recipes,
especially dessert recipes, when I was in high school. One
of my favorite ones to make is German Cookies. I first
learned of it after I'd tried a recipe for German Crumble
Cake.
Today it's the second most common dessert I make. The
cookies themselves aren't really sweet (unless I've been
making them wrong all this time), but sweetness has never
been a "must-have" factor for me when it comes to a dessert
recipe. And you can always experiment by placing icing on
the cookies or adding more sugar.
German Cookies is also a real 'hands on' recipe that
contains a hefty bit of butter. Hope you enjoy!
German Cookies
4 cups of flour
3/4 cups of sugar
2 sticks of butter
2 eggs
1 teaspoon of Vanilla Extract
Take a sifter, a rolling pin, a baking board, and cookie
cutters (optional). Sift the flour onto the baking board.
Make a dent in the middle of the flour.
Pour the Vanilla Extract onto the flour and sprinkle sugar
on top. Cut the butter into small pieces and scatter them
on the flour. Crack the eggs and pour the yolks into the
dent.
Mix all ingredients by hand, and smooth the dough flat
about a half centimenter thick with the rolling pin.
Engrave the dough with cookie cutters or roll and flatten
into circle shapes.
Grease a cookie sheet and place cookie dough shapes on
top. Put the oven on 350 degrees Farenheit (ovens may vary)
and back for 10 minutes or until golden brown.
Let them cool. Any leftovers should be kept covered so
they will last.
And there you have it! You've just made delicious German
Cookies!
