Zoete Koekies (Very Old Dutch Recipe)

Ingredients

• 4 lb. of Flour
• 4 Eggs
• 3 lb. of good clear Brown Sugar
• 1 tablespoonful of Potash or Carbonate of Soda
• I lb. of Butter
• lb. of Sheep-tail Fat
• I lb. of Pounded Almonds
• 200 Almonds pounded without blanching
• 3 tablespoonfuls of Cinnamon
• A tumbler of Dark Wine (Claret)

Method

1. 1

   First rub flour, sugar, butter, spices, and soda well together; lastly, add the wine; knead all well together.

2. 2

   If potash is used, it must be dissolved in the wine — is best mixed over-night.

3. 3

   Roll the dough out with a rolling-pin; make into shapes with a wineglass or any thin shape.

4. 4

   Bake on buttered tins.

5. 5

   The old Dutch people put a small piece of citron preserve in the centre of each little cake.

6. 6

   Bake for twenty minutes in a tolerably brisk oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Hilda's "where is it?" of recipes (1891) by Hildagonda J. Duckitt, page 84. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ZOETE KOEKIES*^. (Very old Dutch Recipe. Mrs. Van der Riet.) Ingredients. 4 lb. of Flour. 4 Eggs. 3 lb. of good clear Brown Sugar. i tablespoonful of Potash or Car- I lb. of Butter. bonate of Soda. \ lb. of Sheep-tail Fat. I tablespoonful of Cloves (finely I lb. of Pounded Almonds (or pounded). 200 Almonds pounded without 3 tablespoon fuls of Cinnamon. blanching). A tumbler of Dark Wine (Claret)

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