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Blue Finger cookies

Blauwvingers


Tags: Cakes & Cookies

200 grams / 8 oz butter
175 grams / 7 oz soft light brown sugar
pinch of salt
1 tsp vanilla sugar
1 egg
200 grams / 8 oz flour
25 grams / 1 oz hazelnuts
50 grams / 2 oz icing sugar
1 tbsp cocoa

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Peppernuts

Pepernoten


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200 grams / 7 oz self raising flour
pinch salt
150 grams / 5 oz Dutch syrup (stroop)
2 tsp cinnamon powder
1 tsp ground clove
1 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp ground nutmeg
½ tsp ginger powder
pinch of ground anise seed

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Cookies Noord-Holland style

‘Dennenkoeken’


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125 grams/5 oz. soft butter
4 eggs
500 grams/2 lbs.2 oz. brown sugar
600 grams/2 lbs.6 oz. flour
1 cachet baking powder
5 tbsp. beer
150 grams/ 6 oz. coarse sugar
salt
4 tsp mixed spices (½ tsp ground nutmeg or cardamon; ½ tsp ground clove; ½ tsp ground anise; ½ tsp ginger powder; 2 tsp ground cinnamon), ‘koekkruiden’ or ‘speculaaskruiden’

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Tough-tough

Taai-taai


Tags: Cakes & Cookies

230 grams/1½ cup unsifted flour
100 grams/2/5 cup brown sugar
65 grams/1/5 cup honey
½tsp salt
½tsp baking powder
10 grams speculaaskruiden*
almond halves, blanched
raisins

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Groningen breakfast cake

Groninger koek


Tags: Cakes & Cookies Beverages & Breakfast

250 gram/10oz. Self rising flour
100 grams/4oz. Currants
100 grams/4oz. Raisins
125 ml/ cup tea
175 grams/7oz. brown sugar
150ml/cup milk
1 tsp ‘speculaaskruiden’* or ‘koekkruiden’*
½tsp ground clove (omit when using koekkruiden)
½tsp ground nutmeg (omit when using koekkruiden)
1 tsp cinnamon (omit when using koekkruiden)
3 tbsp ‘stroop’ or molasses;
salt

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Advent Cake

Adventskoek


Tags: Cakes & Cookies

300 grams/11.5oz. Flour
150 grams/6oz. butter
80 grams/3oz. sugar
1 egg
½ sachet baking powder

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Gevulde speculaas

Filled spice cake


Tags: Cakes & Cookies

300 grams/10.5 oz. Flour
3 tsp baking powder
salt
175 grams/7 oz. butter or margarine
150 grams/6 oz brown sugar
300 grams/11 oz almond paste
50 grams/2 oz blanched almonds
10 grams/0.4 oz speculaaskruiden*
1 egg

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Sugar hail cookies

Jan Hagel


Tags: Cakes & Cookies

300 grams -10½oz. Flour
170 grams - 6oz. butter or margarine
140 grams - 5 oz. sugar
2 tbsp cinnamonv 1/2 tsp salt
140 grams - 5oz. rock sugar
2 egg whites

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Dutch Fudge

Borstplaat 


Tags: Cakes & Cookies Desserts & Pies

300 grams white sugar
200 grams soft brown sugar
10 grams butter
100 ml milk
cookie forms and/or aluminum foil
for flavouring:
4 tbsp. brewed espresso coffee or 
4 tbsp. prepared cocoa or 
2 tbsp. maraschino juice or
3 tbsp. whipping cream

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Spice cookies

Speculaas


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500 ml flour - 2 cups
250 ml butter or margarine - 1 cup
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
125 ml dark brown or Demarara sugar - ½ cup
50 ml milk - 3-4 tbsp
slivered almonds
40 ml/35 grams ‘speculaas kruiden’* - 1½ tbsp

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Christmas Ring Cake

Kersttulband


Tags: Cakes & Cookies

150 grams flour
75 grams cold butter
125 grams sugar
6 eggs
50 grams raisins
50 grams currants
50 grams candied peel or fruits 
grated peel of one lemon
icing sugar
pinch of salt

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Butter cake with apricots

Boterkoek met abrikozen


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300 grams (11 oz.) all purpose flour
250 grams (9 oz.) white berry, superfine or bar sugar
250 grams (9 oz.) chilled butter
1 egg
50 grams (2 oz.) steeped apricots
50 grams (2 oz.) hazelnuts
1 sprig rosemary
1 tbsp butter

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Orange cake

Oranjekoek


Tags: Cakes & Cookies

For the cake:
350 grams all purpose flour
225 grams berry sugar
25 grams butter
1 egg
50 ml (4 tbsp) water
1 tsp nutmeg
2 tsp anise seed powder
1 grated orange peel
75 grams chopped candied orange peel

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Layered cake

Spekkoek


Tags: Cakes & Cookies

85 grams flour
170 grams butter
170 grams sugar
5 eggs
1 tsp nutmeg
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp allspice
1/3 tsp powdered cardamom
½ tsp powdered clove
½ tsp vanilla extract

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Dutch syrup cake

Hollandse stroopkoek


Tags: Cakes & Cookies

100 grams currants
100 grams raisins
75 grams walnuts
400 grams flour
3 tsp baking powder
salt
3 tsp all spice
3 tsp thick Dutch syrup
1 can of beer
125 grams butter

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Buttercake

Boterkoek


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300grams flour
250 grams butter
250 grams (fine) berry sugar
½ tsp salt
1 egg
50 grams sliced blanched almonds

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Twelfth Night Cake

Driekoningenbrood


Tags: Cakes & Cookies

500 grams flour
2 deciliter milk
package of yeast
salt
125 grams butter or margarine
1 egg yolk
50 grams almond paste
1 almond
icing sugar

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Coconut macaroons

Kokosmakronen


Tags: Cakes & Cookies

250 grams berry sugar
pinch of salt
2 envelops of vanilla sugar or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
250 grams finely shredded coconut
4 egg whites
50 grams shredded (milk) chocolate

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Utrecht sweet-heart cake

Utrechts lieverdje


Tags: Cakes & Cookies

500 grams flour
1 tsp baking powder
400 grams brown sugar
1 tsp ground clove
1 tsp cardamom or nutmeg
½ tsp ground ginger
1 tsp cacao
1 tsp salt
2 tsp cinnamon
500 ml milk
120 grams candied peel variety
30 grams candied cherries
50 grams raisins
100 grams icing sugar
1 tsp kirsch

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Fish Cakes

Viskoekjes


Tags: Meats & Fish Cakes & Cookies

400 grams poached fish filets
4 large potatoes
1onion
20 grams of margarine
parsley, salt, pepper and nutmeg
2 tbsp milk
1 egg
fine bread crumbs
oil to deep fry

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Friar’s pancake Hoorn-style

Hoornse broeder


Tags: Cakes & Cookies Beverages & Breakfast

300 grams flour
salt
20 grams yeast
¼ liter milk
2 eggs
cinnamon
75 grams currants
75 grams raisins
25 grams candied peel
2 tbsp vegetable oil

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Pancakes with sausage

Worstpannenkoek


Tags: Cakes & Cookies Beverages & Breakfast

500 whole wheat flour
2 eggs
30 grams yeast
1 tsp sugar
1 litre milk
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp butter or margarine
350 grams ‘rookworst’, or farmers' sausage molasses or Dutch stroop.

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Coffee Charlotte

Koffietaart met lange vingers


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50 grams finely ground coffee
200 ml water
50 ml coffee liquor or Kahlua
100 grams sugar
1 package powdered gelatin
4 egg yolks
375 ml whipping cream
150 grams lady fingers
75 grams halved walnuts

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