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Honey Hearts - Honigherzen
Ingredients :
25 grams margarine or butter
100 grams castor sugar
1 egg
grated rind of 1 lemon
pinch cinnamon
chocolate glaze and icing
60 grams cooking chocolate
60 grams icing sugar
pinch nutmeg
90 grams warmed honey
200 grams flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
40 grams ground almonds
50 grams icing sugar
1 teaspoon well beaten egg white
Preparation :
1. Soften the margarine or butter and mix it with sugar, beaten egg, spices, lemon rind, honey, flour, baking powder and ground almonds to make an even mixture. Leave for 30 minutes.
2. Roll out on a lightly floured board and cut out heart shapes.
3. Bake in a moderate oven till light brown.
4. Prepare the chocolate glaze by melting the chocolate with 2 tablespoons of hot water over a low heat or in a double saucepan, add the icing sugar and mix well.
5. Dip one side of each biscuit into the warm chocolate to cover the top evenly.
6. Mix together icing sugar and beaten egg white and using a matchstick draw designs over the chocolate.
Honey Cake
Ingredients :
1 cup of oil
2 teaspoons of coffee dissolved in 1/2 cup of boiling water
1 1/4 cups of brown sugar
4 eggs
4 cups of self raising flour
1 1/2 teaspoons of cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoons of mixed spice
1 teaspoon of ginger
1 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda
Preparation :
1. Mix together the honey, oil, coffee and sugar.
2. Beat in the eggs.
3. Sift the flour, spices and bicarbonate soda together and stir in the mixture made before.
4. Pour into a greased tray.
5. Bake at 165 degrees Celsius for 1 to 1 1/4 hours.
Chocolate Pretzels
Ingredients :
150 grams of margarine or butter
100 grams icing sugar
1 egg
225 grams flour
25 grams cocoa
100 grams cooking chocolate
Preparation :
1. Soften the butter or margarine in a bowl and mix in the icing sugar, lightly beaten egg and salt.
2. Sift in flour and cocoa and mix together to make a stiff dough. Leave for 30 minutes.
3. Roll out pieces of dough to the shape of pretzels.
4. Place on a lightly greased tray and bake for 15-18 minutes in a moderate oven.
5. Melt cooking chocolate with water over a low heat.
6. Drop each pretzel into the hot chocolate and quickly remove. Dry each pretzel on greaseproof paper.
Cinnamon Stars - Zimtsterne
Ingredients :
125 grams ground almonds
125 grams ground hazelnuts
250 grams castor sugar
50 grams grated rind of a lemon
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 -3 egg whites
Preparation :
Also make a glaze by mixing together 150 grams icing sugar and 1 beaten egg white.
1. Combine all ingredients, mix to a stiff dough, cover and leave one hour in a cool place.
2. Roll out the dough, cut out star shapes and paint with the glaze.
3. Place on a lightly greased tray. Bake in a moderate oven for 10 minutes. |
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