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Spritzgebäck Recipe
1 cup butter
2/3 cup confectioner's sugar
1 egg, large
1 egg yolk, large
1 teaspoon almond or lemon extract
2 1/4 cups flour, unbleached, unsifted
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Beat butter and sugar until light.
Beat in egg, egg yolk and extract.
Sift flour, salt, and baking powder; gradually add flour mixture to eggs.
Chill dough 1/2 hour.
Press 1/4 of the dough into a cookie press.
Keep remaining dough chilled.
Shape cookies onto a greased baking sheet.
Bake in 400 degrees F. oven for 7 to 10 minutes or until done.
Fox Run Springerle Rolling Pin
It's easy to make traditional springerle cookies with this unfinished wood rolling pin. The pin features comfortable contoured handles, easy rolling action, and 16 carved pictures along the outside of the barrel. The pin measures 8 1/4 inches long by 2 inches in diameter excluding the handles.
Norpro 3129 Stainless Steel Spaetzle Maker
It's easy to turn out those delicate German egg dumplings with this spaetzle maker. Flat, sliding spaetzler with square hopper gives you the perfect size every time. Durable stainless steel construction with a soft santoprene grip handle. Dimensions: 12"
Spaetzle Recipe
500 g flour
5 eggs
150-200 mL water
salt
All ingredients are mixed using hands or an electrical mixer.
Add enough water to make the dough slightly sticky, yet keeping it elastic and stiff.
A large pot with salted water is boiled.
If using only a board a spoon of dough is swept over the kitchen board with the grater and then small pieces of the dough is cut/grated with the grater into the hot water. If using a spaetzle-maker, a spoon of the dough is put into the maker and pressed through the holes into the water.
The spaetzle are done when they rise and swim on the water surface.
The spaetzles can be removed from the water with a slotted spoon and put into a bowl.
A thin layer of shredded cheese is put over the noodles.
The procedures is repeated until no dough is left.
Onions are cut, sautéed with butter, and put over the spaetzles.
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