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Servings: 125 Pcs.

Homemade Jewish Cookies

Jewish cookies are a true classic, and in many families, it's one of those cookies that just has to be in the cookie tins every year.
Author: Anette Søstrøm Asmussen
Course: Baking
Cuisine: Danish
Keyword: Baking, Christmas, cookies, Danish food, Denmark
Prep Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Cook Time: 8 minutes

Ingredients

  • 500 gram Wheat Flour
  • 190 gram Powdered Sugar
  • 375 gram Butter
  • 1 pcs. Egg
  • 1 pcs. Egg for brushing
  • Cinnamon Sugar for decoration

Instructions

  • Combine flour and powdered sugar in a mixing bowl.
  • Cut the butter into small pieces and add them to the bowl.
  • Crumb the butter into the flour mixture until the butter resembles grated Parmesan.
  • Add the egg.
  • Knead all the ingredients together into a uniform dough. Knead as briefly as possible and stop as soon as the dough is cohesive.
  • Roll the dough out thinly with a rolling pin to a thickness of about 3 millimeters.
  • Cut out the cookies with a cookie cutter - you can also use a glass - about 5 centimeters in diameter.
  • Place the cookies on baking sheets lined with baking paper.
  • Whisk the egg with a fork in a deep plate.
  • Sprinkle the cookies with cinnamon sugar.
  • Bake the cookies for 6-8 minutes at 200 degrees Celsius (392 degrees Fahrenheit) (180 degrees Celsius (356 degrees Fahrenheit) for convection oven).
  • Let the baked cookies cool on a wire rack.