Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 --- Website: http://www.avianart.com PGP Public Key : http://www.avianart.com/pub/GPGP-PublicKey.asc 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 > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > 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 >> --- >> Website: http://www.avianart.com >> PGP Public Key : http://www.avianart.com/pub/GPGP-PublicKey.asc >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information