Rememberence of Those Goods Days With Friends Over Coffee
Many a good day was spent with friends over coffee and cake. Just like the Golden Girls we had our cheesecake moments too. There were stories of ALL kinds.It all started in Germany, I was born in a little house on the Freudenberg Hills. The war had been over for several years and people were settling in to a time of new growth, and prosperity. As an Army Brat we traveled a lot but, I was never as Happy as I was in that little old house. It was a short bus ride or an adventurous walk to the River Rhine, where we would stroll along the tree lined colonnade amongst the ducks, and swans the smell of spring flowers perfuming the mid day air. We would pause for a late lunch at outdoor cafes and watch as people leisurely sailed their boats down the river. On late afternoons we would enjoy the coffee houses, were we would enjoy coffee and the most sumptuous cakes and pastries. On hot summer days I would enjoy my favorite lemon ice cream. Even today if I think on it I can still taste the tart, sweet flavor.This little bog is to be dedicated to just that. Coffee, Conversation and Sumptuous cake recipes. So I hope you will all join me, and share your stories of days gone by, and recipes old or new, shared by some one today or passed down from generation to generation. Love to you All, Micki
German Cutout Cookies
Butter Cookies Recipe - German Butterplätzchen
Ingredients for approx. 50 Cookies
(1 1/3 cups) plain flour sieved
(3/8 cup) sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla sugar
1 egg yolk
(1/2cup) butter
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For decoration1 egg yolk
1 tablespoon milk
sugar & chocolate sprinkles
coarsed sugar
Directions
Sift the flour on a board, cut the cold butter, put the egg yolk, sugar and butter chunks on top of the flour. You may also put into a food processor
Blend the ingredients with a pastry cutter if making on board.
Then use your cool hand to quickly knead a smooth dough. There shouldn't be any butter pieces left in the dough.
Wrap the dough in clingfilm and refrigerate it for 1 hour.
Dust a board and rolling pin with flour, roll out the dough 3 - 4 mm thin.
Dust cookie cutters with flour and cut out the Butterplätzchen, put them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Decorate the butter cookies
Whisk the egg yolk with 1 tablespoon milk, brush the cookies thinly.
Now you, can decorate the Butterplätzchen with coarse sugar, coloured sugar or chocolate sprinkles. This would be the most traditional way to decorate them.
Bake 356°F for 8 to 10 minutes until golden.
Let the cookies cool on a cooling rack, store them in a tin box.
