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 Fryske dūmpkes (Frisian thumb cookies)
 150 gr butter 
  150 gr 
   dark brown sugar2 eggs250 gr flour 
  salt100 gr 
   hazelnuts1 teaspoon anise seed1 teaspoon ginger powder1 teaspoon ground cinnamon  extra:oven | If shown, hover  = photo  = conversion© Janneke's Recipe pages - Frysk resept, cookies  How to prepare:
Stir the butter soft in a bowl and mix with sugar and eggs to a smooth mass.Sift the flour with the salt into the bowl and knead to a soft dough.Chop the hazelnuts very small and add with crushed anise seed, ginger powder and cinnamon to the dough. Knead well.Roll the dough, on a flour dusted work surface, to a sheet of 1 cm thick. Cut the dough into strips of 4 cm long and 2 cm wide.Preheat the oven to 150°C/300°F (fan oven 135°C/275°F)Grease a baking sheet and fill with the cookies.
Bake the dūmpkes about 25 minutes.Let cool on the baking sheet, but first push the still warm cookies with your thumb (hot!) a little flat.     First published:  April 12, 2003, Netherlands |