Name: Peper-koeckxkens
Yield: For 45 biscuits
Cuisine: Belgian
Ingredients: 150 g (5½ oz) plain flour; 145 g (5¼ oz) caster (superfine) sugar; 1 tablespoon ground grains of paradise; 1 teaspoon ground long pepper; 1½ tablespoons ground cinnamon; 1 tablespoon ground ginger; 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 145 g (5¼ oz) runny honey

Preparation info

For
45
biscuits

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Dark Rye and Honey Cake

By Regula Ysewijn

Published 2023

About

This is a recipe from Het secreet-boek vol heerlijke konsten (1600) by Carolus Battus, town physician of Antwerp, and later Dordrecht when he and other Protestants had to flee Antwerp. A Secreetboeck or secreti, after the Italian original, contains secrets of nature (how thunder works) and recipes for daily life. These could be medicines for humans and animals, but also advice on cleaning, pest control, paint, preserving wine, jam-making and beauty treatments.

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