Anne Willan

Flemish Spiced Cookies

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    40-50

    cookies
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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La Varenne Pratique

By Anne Willan

Published 1989

  • About

These cookies are popular in the Netherlands. They are usually shaped before baking by chilling the dough in a block in the refrigerator and then slicing, but they can also be shaped into balls and flattened with a tumbler.

Ingredients

  • 1 ¼ cups/150 g flour
  • ½ tsp ground ginger

Method

  1. Sift the flour, spices, and baking powder together on to a sheet of paper. In a bowl, cream the butter with the sugar until light and soft. Add the flour in three batches, stirring until thoroughly mixed. If the dough seems very dry, add 1-2 tablespoons of water. Press the do