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Bredele with coconut and chocolate (Alsatian Christmas cookie)
Bredele with coconut and chocolate (Alsatian Christmas cookie)
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Bredele- Alsatian Christmas cookies can be found in many variations of both the shape and taste. Most of them are made with baking powder, egg, flour and sugar as a base. Even though this version it is made with both coconut and chocolate it is not too sweet.

Ingredient List for 12 servings:
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125 gr Butter
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75 gr Sugar
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1 Egg
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200 gr Flour
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1 teaspoon Baking powder
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75 gr Grated coconut
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100 gr Chocolate
Oven temperature:
180 degrees Celsius
Instructions:
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Take out the butter from the fridge and so it becomes soft.
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Start the oven at 180 degrees Celsius.
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Mix the butter and the sugar with an electrical mixer.
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Add the egg in the butter mixture and mix it together thoroughly.
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Pour the flour thru a small sieve in to the batter.
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Add the coconut and the baking powder in the batter and mix it all well.
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Form small balls and place them on a baking sheet.
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Press down a fork on the cookies so it leaves lines on the top of the cookies.
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Place the cookies in the middle of the oven for twenty minutes. The cookies are ready when the surface is light brown in colour.
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Take out the cookies from the oven and let them cool down.
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Melt the chocolate and dip the cookies halfway in the chocolate.
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Place the cookies on a baking paper to let the chocolate dry.
A selection of recipes from the same country.
This recipe is from France , Alsace.
This is a homemade French Galette des Rois cake but with a little change added in the filling. It has the traditional almond filling but with saffron as well. The cake is to be served on epiphany day the 6th of January. Every child is hoping to get the figurine hidden in the cake, so he or she will become king or queen of the day.
These Alsatian Christmas cookies are shaped as mini bretzels and topped with a sweet glazing. The glaze can be made with any taste you prefere. It is common to make these cookies long in advance before Christmas, as early as in November. This has to do with that the cookies are usally placed in a tin box with a baking paper.
A homemade French pie from the region Lorraine made with small sweet yellow plums. This dessert is easy and fast to prepare as you are pouring the filling directly in the baking form without a pie crust. It is most common to serve cold as a dessert or as a cake at the afternoon coffee break.
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