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German Christmas Cookies

German Christmas Cookies recipe

 

Yield

48 servings

Prep

30 min

Cook

1 hrs

Ready

hrs
Trans-fat Free

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
2 cups sugar
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½ teaspoon salt
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1 ⅛ cups vegetable shortening
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2 large eggs
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1 cup milk
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1 teaspoon baking powder
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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½ cup water
boiling
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2 teaspoons vanilla extract
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all-purpose flour
enough to stiffen
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1 ounce star anise
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Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
473 ml sugar
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2.5 ml salt
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266 ml vegetable shortening
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2 large eggs
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237 ml milk
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5 ml baking powder
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5 ml baking soda
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118 ml water
boiling
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1E+1 ml vanilla extract
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1 x all-purpose flour
enough to stiffen
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28.9 ml/g star anise
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Directions

Mix sugar, salt, shortening, eggs, and milk.

Add vanilla and anise seeds to the sugar mixture.

Mix baking powder and soda into a cup or so of flour.

Mix the flour into the sugar mixture.

Continue to add enough flour to the sugar mixture to stiffen until the dough is not sticky, up to 4 or 5 pounds.

Roll out dough on floured surface, and cut with cookie cutters.

Bake immediately at 325 to 350 degrees F for 10 to 15 minutes.

Eat plain, dusted with sugar, or decorated.

Optionaly, half the recipe to make 7 to 8 dozen cookies.

Note: You can add a few tablespoons of cocoa powder to half of the dough, then you will have multicolour cookies.



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Comments


anonymous United States

So what do you do with the 1/2 cup boiling water?

 

 

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 19g (0.7 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 5968% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 5g 8%
Saturated Fat 2g 8%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 111mg 37%
Sodium 495mg 21%
Total Carbohydrate 44g 44%
Dietary Fiber 2g 8%
Sugars g
Protein 19g
Vitamin A 5% Vitamin C 3%
Calcium 16% Iron 25%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 
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