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Coffee Cookies, Inexpensive

Inexpensive coffee cookies from Erken 1914: light drop cookies made from a whisked egg-and-sugar base (6 eggs, 250 g sugar), 500 g flour, cinnamon, and baking powder, dropped by the teaspoon onto a tray and baked light golden brown.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1914-utg. s. 561 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

A simple and "inexpensive" coffee cookie without butter - sugar, eggs, flour, and cinnamon were all it took. The page's two-column layout makes the amounts for flour and sugar partly illegible in the original; here they are set to the usual proportions of 1/2 kg flour and 1/4 kg sugar.

How to make it

  1. 1

    Whisk eggs and sugar

    Whisk sugar and eggs light and thick for about 20 minutes (5-7 minutes with an electric mixer).

  2. 2

    Fold in the dry ingredients

    Mix the baking powder well into the flour and fold it into the egg-and-sugar base along with the cinnamon.

  3. 3

    Drop onto the tray

    Drop small dollops of the batter with a teaspoon onto a greased or parchment-lined baking tray, well spaced.

  4. 4

    Bake

    Bake the cookies light golden brown at about 180 °C (355 °F) for 8-10 minutes. Cool on a rack.

Changes from the original

The amounts of flour and sugar are reconstructed from the usual proportions of the period (the original figures are incomplete in the source). Measurements are modernized to grams and tsp, and baking time/temperature is given.

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Fra1914Modernisert
Til1914Modernisert
1914 (korrekturlest, s. 561) → Modernisert~88% av teksten endretfjernetlagt til
1/2 kg. hvetemel 1/4 kg. sukker 500 g hvetemel. 250 g sukker. 6 egg stk egg. 2 toppede teskeer ts kanel (toppede). 1 teske ts bakepulver. Sukker Visp sukker og egg vispes lyst og tykt i ca. 20 minutter; minutter (5–7 minutter med elektrisk mikser).. Bland bakepulveret godt i melet og vend det øvrige tilsættes, bakepulveret, utrørt inn i melet. Sættes eggedosisen sammen med teske paa kanelen.. Sett små klatter av røren med teskje på smurt plate og stekes lyse gulbrune. eller bakepapirkledd stekeplate, med god avstand.. Stek kakene lyst gyllenbrune ved ca. 180 °C i 8–10 minutter. Avkjøl på rist.

Note til Modernisert

Mengder for mel og sukker er rekonstruert etter tidens vanlige forhold (originalens tall er ufullstendige i kilden). Mål er modernisert til gram og ts, og steketid/temperatur er angitt.

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Frequently asked questions

How long should the eggs and sugar be whisked?
Sugar and eggs are whisked for 20 minutes, into a light and airy egg-and-sugar base. Then the flour is mixed in with the baking powder stirred into the flour, and the cinnamon.
Why are the cookies called "inexpensive"?
They contain no butter or cream - only wheat flour, sugar, eggs, cinnamon, and baking powder. That is why they were inexpensive to make in 1914.
How are they shaped and baked?
The batter is dropped by the teaspoon onto a greased baking tray and baked until the cookies are light golden brown. The recipe makes about 40 small cookies.
How much cinnamon goes in?
Two heaping teaspoons of cinnamon to 1/2 kg wheat flour and 1/4 kg sugar.

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