Traditional food
•Weihnachtsbaeckerei
(Christmas cookies)
•4 ½ cups flour
1 ½ cups sugar
Pinch of salt
1/4 cup milk
1 egg yolk
5 eggs
1 ½ cups sugar
Pinch of salt
1/4 cup milk
1 egg yolk
5 eggs
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3 tsp. baking powder
1 ½ tsp. vanilla
1 ½ cups butter
3 tsp. baking powder
1 ½ tsp. vanilla
1 ½ cups butter
•Sift flour, baking powder,
and salt onto a board. Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, vanilla, and milk to butter and sugar. Mix
lightly. Pour the moist ingredients into
a depression in the flour and work ingredients into a dough with a knife. Divide the dough into 4 parts. Roll out and cut into
desired shapes with cookie cutter.
Place on a greased baking sheet and brush with egg yolk.
•Bake in a moderate oven, at
300-350, until golden brown.