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Cheap coffee biscuits

Thinly rolled biscuits of brown sugar, butter, eggs, water, cinnamon and flour with hartshorn salt, cut out and baked in a hot oven. From Erken's Stor kokebok (1949), p. 654.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1949-utg. s. 654 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

The title "cheap" points to the recipe using brown sugar and water rather than costlier ingredients such as cream.

How to make it

  1. 1

    Cream butter and sugar

    Cream the butter and sugar until pale. Add the eggs, water, lemon drops and cinnamon.

  2. 2

    Add flour

    Add the sifted flour in which the hartshorn salt is well mixed. Knead the dough until smooth.

  3. 3

    Roll and cut

    Roll the dough out thinly and cut out biscuits with a cutter or a glass.

  4. 4

    Bake

    Place the biscuits on a greased tray and bake in a hot oven (about 200 C) until golden.

Changes from the original

Measures converted (del. = dl). "Sitrondraaper" kept as 12 drops of lemon essence. "Hot oven" read as about 200 C. The number of biscuits is an estimate.

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Modernised → 1949 (proofread, p. 654)~78% of the text changedremovedadded
500 g farin. 250 g smør. Ingredienser: ½ kg. farin ¼ kg. smør 2 stk egg. egg 24 g gr. hjortetakksalt (utrørt i melet). 4 dl vann. del. vann 12 dråper sitron (sitrondråper). sitrondråper 1 ts kanel. 1,5 kg hvetemel (siktet). Rør smør teskje kanel 1½ kg. hvetemel. Fremgangsmåte: Smør og sukker hvitt. Tilsett røres hvitt, tilsettes eggene, vannet, sitrondråpene krydderiene og kanelen.. Tilsett det siktede melet der hjortetakksaltet hvetemel, hvori hjortetakksalt er godt utrørt. Elt deigen Deigen eltes godt jevn.. Kjevle deigen jevn, utkjevles tynt ut og stikk ut kaker utstikkes med en form eller et glass.. Legg kakene glass. Legges på smurt plate og stek plate, stekes i varm ovn (ca. 200 °C) til de er gyldne. ovn.

Note on Modernised

Mål omregnet (del. = dl). «Sitrondråper» er beholdt som 12 dråper sitron(essens). «Varm ovn» tolket som ca. 200 °C. Antall kaker er anslått.

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Frequently asked questions

What is hartshorn salt?
An old raising agent (ammonium carbonate).
Why "cheap"?
They use brown sugar and water, not cream.

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