In the old days in Holland, if someone fancied you, they'd offer you a cookie in the form of the person they fancied, if he or she accepted it, you'd become a couple! How romantic!!
In the old days in Holland, if someone fancied you, they'd offer you a cookie in the form of the person they fancied, if he or she accepted it, you'd become a couple! How romantic!!
Spiced Cookies Dutch Style is a community recipe submitted by Krakra58 and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.
Preheat the oven to 175oC.
Put all ingredients except the almonds in a bowl, gradually add the water and knead to a soft ball.
Place the almonds in some cold water, bring to boil and then strain. Let them cool and take off the skin. Chop them not too fine and add them to the dough and knead again (this is optional).
Sprinkle some flour on a working space, roll out the dough to ½ cm thick, dip the cutter in some flour and cut out the cookie form of your choice or keep it as it is.
Sprinkle some almond slithers on the cookies and bake them for 20-25 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 175oC.
Put all ingredients except the almonds in a bowl, gradually add the water and knead to a soft ball.
Place the almonds in some cold water, bring to boil and then strain. Let them cool and take off the skin. Chop them not too fine and add them to the dough and knead again (this is optional).
Sprinkle some flour on a working space, roll out the dough to ½ cm thick, dip the cutter in some flour and cut out the cookie form of your choice or keep it as it is.
Sprinkle some almond slithers on the cookies and bake them for 20-25 minutes.
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