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Jew Cakes - Danish Christmas Cake

Course Dessert
Cuisine Danish
Servings 50 pieces

Ingredients
  

Dough

  • 250 g flour
  • 125 g sugar
  • 1/2 tsp carbamate
  • 1/2 tsp ginger grounded
  • 1/2 tsp cardamom grounded
  • 200 g butter
  • 1/2 tbsp orange juice freshly squeezed

Garnish

  • 1 egg
  • 10 tbsp cinnamon grounded
  • 8 tbsp sugar

Instructions
 

  • Mix flour, sugar (125 g), carbamate, ginger, and cardamom in a bowl
  • Chop the butter and add the orange juice and butter to the flour mixture. Knead till the dough has an even texture.
  • Roll the dough out on a piece of baking sheet till it is about 2 cm thick using a rolling pin. Add some flour to the top of the dough if it sticks to the rolling pin.
  • Use cookie cutters or a glass to make the shape of the cookies - remove any leftover dough from the baking sheet. Use this on a new sheet to make more cookies. Do this till all the dough has become cookies.
  • Whisk the egg till even and brush the cookies with the egg.
  • Mix the sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle it on top of the cakes.
  • Bake the cakes at 200 degrees C for 5-6 min till they are golden.
  • Store in a cookie jar.