random stuffs mostly vintage and found
Yes! A break from all the Pączki recipes I’ve been posting! I’ve gone over the border to Germany to Fastnacht Keuchels- which are also doughnuts made to be eaten just before Lent. Fastnacht Keuchels 5 cups flour 1 pkg yeast 1 tbsp salt 4 tbsp sugar 3 eggs 3 tbsp butter 2 cups milk fat or oil […]
Zwiebeck 1 Cake Yeast 2 Cups Warm water 4 Cups Milk (Scaled and cooled to lukewarm) 2 Eggs 1 Tsp Salt 1 Cup Shortening 1 Cup Butter Flour ((See recipe)) Sprinkle yeast into warm water. Cover and let stand for 5 minutes. Scald milk Beat Eggs well Add eggs and salt to lukewarm milk, […]
This recipe came from my grandmother cousin Armella. I did leave out Armella’s secret ingredient- which would be tobacco smoke. Both Armella and her husband were chain smokers and I still remember the cloud of smoke that hung in the air. Ahh the 70s when a little second hand smoke was OK. Armella's Kuchen recipe […]
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Peppernuts (Pfeffernüsse) are spicy cookies that are very hard when they are cooled. Store in tightly covered containers with a piece of apple. Printer friendly copies: Peppernuts (Pfeffernüsse) full page Peppernuts (Pfeffernüsse) 3×5 card Peppernuts (Pfeffernüsse) 4×6 card Peppernuts (Pfeffernüsse) 1/2 cup almonds (blanched) 4 cups flour (sifted) 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon […]