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Chocolate sticks

A butter dough with sugar, vanilla sugar, flour and cocoa is rolled into finger-thick sticks about 3 cm long, turned in pearl sugar and baked for about 10 minutes. From Erken's Stor kokebok (1949), p. 871.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1949-utg. s. 871 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

Chocolate sticks are a simple small-cookie dough shaped by hand and baked briefly; cocoa or grated chocolate gives the flavour.

How to make it

  1. 1

    Beat butter and sugar

    Wash the butter and beat it with the sugar for a quarter of an hour. Add the rest of the ingredients.

  2. 2

    Shape the sticks

    Roll the dough into finger-thick sticks and cut them into pieces about 3 cm long.

  3. 3

    Roll in sugar

    Turn the upper side of each stick in a little coarse sugar (pearl sugar).

  4. 4

    Bake

    Bake the sticks in a moderately hot oven (about 175 °C (345 °F)) for about 10 minutes.

Changes from the original

Tablespoons are written as tbsp. "A moderately hot oven" is read as about 175 °C (345 °F). The rest is unchanged; the method is divided into four steps.

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Modernised → 1949 (proofread, p. 871)~72% of the text changedremovedadded
200 g gr. smør (vasket ut). 2 ss sukker. spiseskjeer sukker 1 ss vaniljesukker. spiseskje vaniljesukker 300 g hvetemel. gr. hvetemel 2 ss spiseskjeer kakao eller revet reven sjokolade. perlesukker (grovt sukker, til å vende pinnene i). Vask Smøret vaskes ut smøret og rør det røres med sukkeret i en kvarter. Tilsett resten av ingrediensene.. Trill deigen kvart time, tilsettes det øvrige. Deigen trilles til fingertykke pinner og skjær dem i «pinner» som skjæres ca. 3 cm lange biter.. Vend cm. lange, oversiden av hver pinne vendes i litt grovt sukker (perlesukker).. Stek pinnene (perlesukker). Stekes i passe varm ovn (ca. 175 °C) i ca. 10 minutter.

Note on Modernised

Spiseskjeer er skrevet som ss. «Passe varm ovn» er tolket som ca. 175 °C. Resten er uendret; fremgangsmåten er delt i fire steg.

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Frequently asked questions

How long should the sticks be?
About 3 cm, finger-thick.
What does washing the butter mean?
The butter is worked in cold water to remove salt and liquid before it is beaten; the book says only "washed".
What are the sticks rolled in?
A little coarse sugar (pearl sugar) on the upper side.

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