ndg503%csc1@anu.anu.oz.au (Nick Guoth) (12/05/90)
Here are two Christmas cookie recipes that my mother cooks every year. I've been told that they are traditional Hungarian. Honey Biscuits 250gr honey 1 flat teaspoon bi-carbonate soda 100gr unsalted butter 500gr brown flour 100gr sugar cinnamon 2 eggs almonds for decoration 2 egg yolks little sour cream Warm honey. Add sugar, butter, eggs and gradually the flour. Work with a wooden spoon until very smooth and bubbles appear on the surface. Leave to stand overnight. Make balls or roll out to 1cm thickness and cut into small rounds. Brush with egg yolk and sour cream mix. Top with almonds. Bake for 6 minutes at 420, then lower temperature of oven to 350 and bake for a further 8 minutes. Do not brown. Will be hard for 3 to 4 days. Keeps well. Vanilla Horseshoe 250gr flour 100gr blanched ground almonds 200gr unsalted butter 100gr vanilla sugar 100gr icing sugar vanilla Mix all ingredients except vanilla sugar very quickly together. Roll out to pencil thickness and cut into 5cm lengths. Shape into a horseshoe. Bake at 410 for 12 minutes. Do not brown. While still hot, dip into a bowl of vanilla sugar so they get coated. nick guoth - ndg503@csc.anu.edu.au