Zuckerplatzohen (Sugar Drops)

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb. castor sugar
• 1 lb. flour
• 3 eggs
• Vanilla
• Sugar for sprinkling over with.

Method

1. 1

   Beat the eggs for 30 minutes with the sugar, then add the flour gradually and stir a few minutes longer.

2. 2

   Arrange in little rough heaps on a buttered tin, and bake in a moderate oven.

3. 3

   Sprinkle over with sugar.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from German cookery for the English kitchen (1906) by Ella Oswald, page 92. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

I lb. flour. 12 oz. sugar. 3 oz. candied peel. 10 ground cloves. Beat the sugar and eggs for 30 minutes to a froth. Then add the potash dissolved in milk, the finely- chopped candied peel, ground cloves and the flour gradually and stir 30 minutes. Roll out thinly, cut into little shapes and place on a floured tin till the next day. Before baking, brush over with egg and ornament with slices of candied peel and of almonds. 4 oz. grated sweet almonds and 15 bitter almonds may be substituted for the chopped candied peel and ground cloves. \ lb. sugar. 4 eggs. Weisse PfeffemflsBe. I lb. flour. 4 oz. almonds. Candied peel or vanilla. 2 2$ Wethnackts-Gebdck. Beat the sugar and eggs to a froth for half an hour. Then add the flavouring and stir in the flour, kneading well. Make up into little rolls, ^ to i inch in thickness. Cut into slices slantingly, place on a buttered tin and bake in a moderate oven. \ lb. butter. I lb. sugar. 4 eggs. Weisse ronde Pfeffemttsse. 1 gill milk. 2 lbs. flour. Spices to taste. \ teaspoonful baking powder. Cream the butter, add the sugar, beaten-up eggs and spices, the baking powder, dissolved in the milk and the sifted flour stirred in gradually. Mix and knead well. Make into little round nuts and bake on a buttered tin till quite dry throughout. Branne Pfeffemttsse. (Heoklenbor^sohe.) I lb. syrup. \ lb. sugar, i^ oz. butter. ^ oz. potash dissolved in 4 tablespoonsful rosewater. I teaspoonful ground coriander. | 2 lbs. flour. \ oz. ground cinnamon, lo oz. ground cloves. I tablespoonful chopped candied orange peel. 4 oz. chopped citron. A pinch of baking powder. Boil up the syrup, sugar and butter. Mix i j- lb. flour (mixed with the baking powder) with the ground spices, and chopped candied peel. Add the cooled syrup and the potash, dissolved in rosewater. Then stir in the remaining flour and knead to a dough. Cover over and leave in a warm place for 3 days, kneading it again on the second day. Make up into rolls, slice them up slantingly and bake on a buttered tin in a moderate oven. Christmas Cakes. 229 Qewiirzpl&tzoheii. (Spiced Drops.) i\ lb. flour. \ lb. butter. \ oz. ground cloves. oz. cardamom. oz. potash. \ oz. ground \ oz. ground ginger. 2 lbs. syrup. ^ lb. sugar. \ oz. ground dried bitter orange peel, cinnamon. Boil up the syrup with the sugar. When a little cool, stir in the butter, spice, and flour, and the potash dis- solved in rosewater. Mix together and knead well. Leave some days to stand. Before baking, roll out very thinly, cut into various shapes and bake a light brown on a buttered tin. Zuckerplatzohen. (Sugar Drops.) \ lb. castor sugar. I lb. flour. 3 eggs. Vanilla. Sugar for sprinkling over with.

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