European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 1, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Cookies. I 5jnjfivre dough is shaped by posing wed wooden boards or a carved rolling pin Minlu in. The technique is jus he opposite from used for making Spek Platius cookies. Following is a dutch German recipe for classics to a cookies. Vou can Purchase wooden a a holds at the cookware sections of Large do Parnu no stores in Northern Europe at con wary specially Shrops and at open air , no. You can also sir betimes find ill Fri it Flea markets. I you Don t have wooden set you use Metal cookie Cul k is in shape the dough. Spek Platius cookies 1 cup 2 Sticks Untal cd butter i4 cups Whit or Brown sugar firmly packed2 eggs 2 Lea / spoon Vanilla extract. Finely grated pc lol 1 Lemon 1 Lea spoon cinnamon v Teaspoon cloves i Teaspoon Carda mom a Teaspoon tall 3 a cups All purpose flour i cup thinly sliced blanched almonds 1 egg for Glaze in a Large b 1 l Mon it s a cinnamon cloves cardamom and Salt mix Well. Sift Ihu Lynnr ant baking powder to Gellick into tin bowl. Mix and knead to firm i firm dough. Cover the dough with Ali Zilic ind i Hill it in thu 12 hours rust Unis. Wuttur Onu or id Lirtie big tiny shift is if using Wom k n Sevli Lillta holds dust i Horn list with Al Whir slut it out t Xix is Low off .1 handful of Doug Ali and press it firmly incl Vitlo i i j of i Mold. Tat it la caring for wooden holds never Wash wooden holds Lor 5petuailrus or Spring Erle cookies. Before using inc Mold for the Fisl Lime dust in thoroughly with a soft cloth then rub edible non toxic Oil into All surfaces of inc Mold. Some people use torn/s.1 Mower Sun of Lavur seed Oil but these will eventually turn and also make she Mold feel Sticky. I prefer Block Oil an edible Oil made especially for wooden kill Hon Ulen sols. The Wood absorbs it Well and the Oil never turns rancid. A 12-ounce bottle of Block nil be mail ordered from Williaims Stimma . Lion 7456, san Francisco civil if 94120-74sf $0.05 postpaid Little Oil goes ,1 Long . Let the Oil Minlu the Wood voc Nihl then wipe away any excess. The wooden Mold is now ready to use. Always dust it liberally with flour shaking away the excess before each time you proft the dough Inlo in. When you be finished using the Mold Brush in out thoroughly with a Toothbrush. I keep ii Toothbrush stored with my collection of wooden cookie holds to use solely for cleaning them then store the holds in a Cabinet or drawer where air can circulate around them. Never Wash them and do not store them in a airtight Container. If you treat you wooden cookie holds Well they Wilt become More seasoned with each use the dough won t Slick in them and they la Las for generations. . Let s hear from you the 5mrs Anil stripes would like to know if readers More or fewer articles on food rein led subjects. Specifically Are you insure Rcd in a recipe Exchange column in which readers could rentes specific recipes and share i heir favourites with others a column with answers of readers questions about european ingredients cooking techniques measurement conversions Etc. Food articles by Sharon Hudgins. A tilts about diet Iii id nutrition. Mease Send your comments to features editor Alln. Food coverage european stars and stripes apr 09211 or features editor coverage european stars and stripes Postrach 11 10 34, d-6100 Darryl Jill 11, West Germany. pm away any excess dough. The Douth should fill the carved depression in the Mold and be level with the Flat surface of Iril Mold. Press a few thinly sliced ii Biondi onto the exposed surface of the Gnu ii. Carefully invert inc wooden Mold Over Hie Builared baking Sheet and go Nelly tap the dough out of the Mold. You will now have one us cookie in Chi shape of the Mold with raised designs on Liliu trip of the Cokic. The sliced almonds will be on the unzip Tsitle of the cookie. Continue molding the cookies until All ref the dough has been used. Dust the holds with Lour each time that you use them. Cake As directed below. If using Standard my enl cookie cutters use a poured rolling pin id Roll out no Litins of the dough
