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Subject: [Leica] Baking for Christmas
From: styx at me.com (Ruediger Merz)
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:51:36 +0100
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Nathan,

They are. But I am actually glad when this is over. I can not see any 
cookies anymore. I guess I ate to much. lol

Baking and cooking is totally different. I would say in cooking you 
improvise more and you can change things. With baking you have to get it 
right from the beginning, or you are toast. No pun intended.;)


Best,
Rudy
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On Dec 23, 2009, at 8:22 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> They look deliciour, Rudi. I like to cook but I do not bake--my daughter 
> does that.
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
> 
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> On Dec 23, 2009, at 4:21 PM, Ruediger Merz wrote:
> 
>> Today I was preparing for Christmas. I was baking Pl?tzchen (Cookies). 
>> Lebkuchen and Makronen (Macaroon). Actually I baked now for the last 2 
>> weeks, to perfect it.;) Most of the time there is something missing. 
>> Weihnachtspl?tzchen (Christmas cookies) contain rather strange spices. 
>> Like Allspice and Cardamom and Dianthus. Today I got the approval from my 
>> wife that the cookies are ok. She is the cook in the house, and the boss 
>> of course. And  I am the baker. I thought someone likes to know the 
>> recipe. I translated it from German to English. It should not be 
>> difficult to convert the measurements for your country.
>> 
>> 
>> Lebkuchen recipe :
>> ====================
>> 
>> 200g Sugar
>> 1 teaspoon cinnamon
>> a little bit more than a pinch of Allspice, Cardamom and Dianthus.
>> 200g ground almond
>> 50g Succade (chopped from oranges)
>> 75g Succade (chopped from lemons)
>> Ground skin from half a lemon
>> 250g flour
>> 4 eggs
>> 1 teaspoon backing powder
>> approx. 20 Round wafer. ca. 9 cm in diameter.* 
>> 
>> 
>> Take a bowl and add the eggs and the sugar. Beat the eggs and the sugar 
>> until it is foamy. Then add the ground almonds, spices, succade and the 
>> flour, which you have mixed before with the backing powder, in to the 
>> bowl. Now you steer until you have a dough. This dough is very gooey. Now 
>> you apply the dough finger thick on to the wafer. Back in the oven at 
>> 175-200 degree centigrade for approx. 15-20 minutes. 
>> 
>> 
>> Makronen (Macaroon) recipe :
>> =================
>> 
>> 3 egg white
>> 150g sugar
>> 150g ground almonds or hazelnut or coconut.
>> 25g flour.
>> approx. 20-30 Round wafer. ca. 5 cm in diameter.*
>> Whole almonds for decoration.
>> 
>> In a bowl beat the egg white until it is stiff. So that nothing falls 
>> out, when you turn the bowl upside down. Now add the ground nuts and the 
>> flour into the bowl and steer until everything is nice and smooth. Apply 
>> one teaspoon to one wafer. If you like you can add one almond per cookie. 
>> Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes, or until golden brown, at 150-16 
>> degree centigrade. 
>> 
>> 
>> * The wafer look like the 'host' in the Roman Catholic liturgy. Just 
>> without the imprint.
>> 
>> I guess you could do without the wafer. When I am in Texas I could not 
>> find the right one. But the wafer helps to contain the moisture.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Here is an image of the finished Lebkuchen :
>> 
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/avianart/4208235405/
>> 
>> and here of the Makronen :
>> 
>> Before 
>> 
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/avianart/4208235471/
>> 
>> After
>> 
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/avianart/4208235569/
>> 
>> Finished
>> 
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/avianart/4209000468/
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Have fun and Merry Christmas.
>> 
>> Best,
>> Rudy
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>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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Replies: Reply from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Baking for Christmas)
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