Handelbrotohen (Almond Cakes)

Ingredients

• 10 oz. sweet almonds
• 3 eggs
• 2 extra yolks
• 4 oz. sugar
• 3 ground cloves
• 1/2 lb. flour
• 4 oz. butter
• A pinch of cinnamon
• A pinch of ground ginger

Method

1. 1

   Cream the butter, add the sugar and eggs, and stir for 30 minutes.

2. 2

   Then add the spices, almonds, and lastly the flour.

3. 3

   Place in little heaps on a buttered tin and bake until golden brown.

As published

This recipe was extracted from German cookery for the English kitchen (1906) by Ella Oswald, page 93. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

2 OZ. sweet almonds. Vanilla flavouring. Cream the butter, add the grated almonds and then gradually the flour. Knead well and form into little rolls about i inch thick. Bend round into the shape of horns and bake on a buttered tin. While still hot, roll in castor sugar. Handelbrotohen. (Almond Cakes.) lo OZ. sweet almonds. 3 eggs. 2 extra yolks. 4 oz. sugar. 3 ground cloves. \ lb. flour. 4 oz. butter. A pinch of cinnamon. A pinch of ground ginger

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