Name: Speculatius, Oder Theeletterchen an den Weihnachtsbaum
Yield: Yield: Approximately 9 to 12 Dozen Cookies.
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 8 tablespoons ground cinnamon; 2 cups superfine sugar; ½ pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter; 3½ cups all-purpose flour; 3 eggs; 1 teaspoon baking powder; Grated zest of 1 lemon

Preparation info

Yield: Approximately
9 to 12 Dozen
Cookies.

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Christmas Cook

By William Woys Weaver

Published 1990

About

The subtitle to this recipe reveals its true character: Little Tea Cookies for the Christmas Tree. In other words, it is a good recipe for fancy tin cookie cutters, and the dough is ideal for making tree ornaments because the baked cookies are very lightweight.

Ingredients

3½ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ pound<

Method

Sift the flour and baking powder together twice. Then rub the butter, sugar, and flour mixture to a fine crumb using a sieve. Add the cinnamon and lemon zest. Beat the eggs to a froth. Make a hole in the center of the crumbs and add the eggs. Stir and work this up into a dough. Cover and ripen overnight in the refrigerator.

Preheat the oven to