John Myers
Ingredients for 1 servings:
- 500 g honey (artificial honey)
- 625 g sugar
- ⅛ liter water, hot
- 20 g ammonium bicarbonate
- 1 sachet of baking powder
- 1 sachet of cinnamon powder
- ½ sachet of clove powder
- 2,000 g flour
- 4 eggs
- 500 g butter
- 1 pack of nuts, ground
- 1 package of candied lemon peel
- 1 package of candied orange peel
- Flour for the work surface
- e.g. powdered sugar
- e.g. water or rum
Instructions
Working time approx. 20 minutes; Total time approx. 20 minutes
An old recipe from my grandmother. Very simple, very delicious.
Finely chop the candied lemon and orange peel. Melt the artificial honey in a double boiler. Pour the hot water over the baking powder. Once the honey has melted and the baking powder has dissolved in the water, knead all the ingredients into a dough. Roll out the dough on a floured surface (approx. 4 mm thick) and cut out the desired shapes. Place on a baking sheet lined with baking paper and bake for 10-15 minutes at approximately 175°C (convection oven). Baking times vary from oven to oven. It’s best to simply try a cookie. They should be nice and fluffy, yet slightly firm. Once cooled, cover with a thick layer of powdered sugar. To do this, mix powdered sugar with either water or rum. The cookies need to sit for a while before eating. The longer they stay in the closed tin, the softer they will be. Immediately after baking, they will still be a bit hard. If you don’t like candied lemon and orange peel (like me), just use the nuts. They taste just as good.
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