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Mini bretzel - Alsatian Christmas cookies
Mini bretzel - Alsatian Christmas cookies
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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.

Ingredient List for 12 servings:
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500 gr Flour
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200 gr Soft butter
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2 Eggs
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130 gr Sugar
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8 gr Vanilla sugar
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150 gr Icing sugar
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1 tablespoon Flavored liquid
Oven temperature:
180 degrees Celsius
Instructions:
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Whip the eggs and the sugar together to a fluffy foam.
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Add the soft butter, and then the flour. Work everything to a dough. Let it rest for 1 hour.
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Preheat the oven at 180 degrees Celsius.
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Roll out the dough on a baking paper with flour on it.
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Use a cake form formed as a mini bretzel to press on the dough, Take away the rest of the dough. Repete this procedure as long as you have dough left.
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Mix together the liquid and the icing sugar.
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Place the cookies in the middle of the oven for 15 minutes.
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Take out the cookies and brush them with the glazing. Let the cookies cool down in room temperature.
A selection of recipes from the same country.
This recipe is from France , Alsace.
This is more of a mingle food than a typical soft bread. It is salty thanks to the ham and olives. If you cut the bread in small cubes it is better served as a starter or a side dish than on the breakfast table. It is possible to change to black olives if you prefer it over the green ones.
This homemade bread can be served as a cake to the afternoon coffee or for breakfast. If you have a sweet tooth, you can eat it with some honey, jam or nutella. It is enriched with both margarine and eggs, which makes the bread very soft and tender.
The French sand cookie originate from the Sablé-sur-Sarthe. To make the cookies you need to mix cold butter together with the flour and sugar, and the result resemble of sand. This Alsatian bredeles are one version of the sand cookies, but with a taste of peanut butter. You can use whatever baking from as you prefer.
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