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Jewish Cookies (Jødekager)

Published: Dec 11, 2019 · Modified: Apr 11, 2020 · About 3 minutes to read this article. · By Kim Nielsen

Original and traditional recipe for the most delicious Nordic cookies called Jewish cookies or Jødekager in Danish. These cookies are very easy-to-make and traditionally served during Christmas and loved by everyone.
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Recipe for Nordic Jewish Cookies (Jødekager)

Recipe for Homemade Danish Jewish Cookies (Jødekager)

Jewish cookies is a very popular and delicious small Christmas cookies. We both remember having had these cookies when we were kids and today it's one of our great Christmas traditions to make these cookies. When they are in the oven they spread out the most wonderful scent of Christmas - which is one of the reasons we love to make them. We have read that this cookie got the name, Jewish cookie, because it was made and sold by Jews bakeries back in the 1700 century. A Jewish cookie, or Jødekager as it's called in Danish, is a small and simple cookie sprinkled with a mixture of sugar, cinnamon and chopped almonds.

So simple but also so delicious!

See also: Recipe for original Nordic Christmas butter cookies

The recipe for these cookies are very easy to make and the step where the cookies are shaped using a glass cup or jar is especially a lot of fun for the kids - we both remember that we loved to make these cookies when we were kids. You can easily make the dough for these cookies a day in advance if you just keep it refrigerated.

If you are interested in more traditional Nordic Christmas recipes then I have an entire section here on my blog dedicated - Find it by browsing the menu .

Recipe for Nordic Jewish Cookies (Jødekager)

Jewish Cookies

Original and traditional recipe for the most delicious Nordic cookies called Jewish cookies or Jødekager in Danish. These cookies are very easy-to-make and traditionally served during Christmas and loved by everyone.
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Prep Time: 45 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes minutes
Total Time: 1 hour hour 25 minutes minutes
Course: Christmas cookie
Cuisine: Danish
Keyword: Nordic Christmas
Servings: 50 cookies
Author: NordicFoodLiving.com

Ingredients

Metric - US Customary

Cookie dough

  • 150 g butter
  • 250 g all-purpose flour
  • 100 g sugar
  • 1 egg

Topping

  • 1 egg
  • 50 g almonds (chopped)
  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • 2 tsp cinnamon

Instructions

  • In a large bowl; add the flour and butter. Use your hands to crumble/mix the butter with the flour. Add the sugar and mix again.
  • Add one egg and assemble the dough.
  • Cover the bowl with some plastic foil and place it in the fridge for about 30 minutes.
  • Use a rolling pin and roll the dough into a sheet with a thickness of about 2-3 mm (~1/10 inch).
  • Use a small glass with a diameter of about 5-6 cm (~2 inch) to cutout the cookies.
  • Place the cookies on an oven tray lined with parchment/baking paper.
  • Brush the cookies with a beaten egg.
  • For the topping. Chop the almonds and mix them with sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle the mixture over the cookies.
  • Bake the cookies at 200 C (400 F) for about 6-8 minutes.
  • Keep the cookies in a glass or cookie jar with some baking paper at the bottom so that they stay crisp.

Notes

Keep the cookies in an air tight container to keep the crispness. 


Recipe for Homemade Danish Jewish Cookies (Jødekager)

Recipe for Homemade Danish Jewish Cookies (Jødekager)

Recipe for Homemade Danish Jewish Cookies (Jødekager)

Recipe for Homemade Danish Jewish Cookies (Jødekager)

Recipe for Homemade Danish Jewish Cookies (Jødekager)

Recipe for Homemade Danish Jewish Cookies (Jødekager)

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Comments

  1. Pete Giegerich

    June 05, 2015 at 6:21 am

    Grew up watching and eating Jodekager and Brunkager being made. Will now make some for Christmas 2015 and surprise the family with this wonderful find. I'm tempted to make some soon.

    Reply
    • Louise Dam

      June 05, 2015 at 1:02 pm

      I'm so glad we could help you with this recipe. Good luck with the baking. I say you should make some right ahead. Just to be ready for christmas :-)

      Reply
  2. Frida

    December 16, 2015 at 12:18 pm

    Hej
    Jeg synes det er nogle VILDT flotte billeder! Jeg vil derfor høre om det er muligt, at jeg må låne det til et skoleprojekt? Da jeg skal en opskrift. Det er det billede hvor du former kagerne med et glas :)

    Reply
    • Louise Dam

      December 16, 2015 at 9:31 pm

      Hej Frida
      Du må gerne låne billedet :-)

      Reply
  3. Lado

    March 29, 2016 at 5:18 pm

    Thanks for the recipes they came out amazing

    Reply
    • Louise Dam

      April 02, 2016 at 5:28 pm

      Sounds great! :-)

      Reply
  4. Robin

    August 28, 2016 at 3:40 pm

    How thick do you roll the cookies out to, your directions say 1 inch but it looks more like an 1/8 inch from the pictures

    Reply
    • Kim Nielsen

      August 28, 2016 at 4:11 pm

      Hi Robin

      Thanks for letting me know about this mistake. The correct thickness is about 1/10 inch. I've also updated the recipe. :-)
      I hope you like the cookies
      Regards Kim

      Reply
    • Jennifer Sterne

      December 14, 2018 at 5:56 pm

      I am going to try your recipe for Jødekage.
      I hope I have better success.

      Reply
  5. Neil Sorensen

    November 26, 2016 at 1:56 pm

    My favorite cookie for Christmas. My Grandmother's recipe called for Baker's ammonium (ammonium carbonate) for extra crispness.

    Reply
    • Kim Nielsen

      November 28, 2016 at 6:34 pm

      This is also one of my favorite Christmas cookies. I did not know this trick about the Baker's ammonium - thanks for sharing :-) regards Kim

      Reply
      • Bo

        December 25, 2016 at 12:01 am

        Baker's ammonium = hjortetakssalt

        Reply
  6. theo

    April 16, 2017 at 7:36 am

    can you give us some more recipes

    Reply
    • Kim Nielsen

      April 20, 2017 at 9:11 am

      Are there any specific recipes your are looking for?

      Reply
  7. theo

    April 16, 2017 at 9:00 am

    kids recipes so kids can make them

    Reply
  8. Birgit K Rogers

    November 26, 2018 at 2:59 am

    Can I freeze them , so many cookies to make this year and would like to get started?

    Reply
    • Kim Nielsen

      November 27, 2018 at 5:52 am

      Actually, I have never tried to freeze them. However, it think that it is possible. I would do it before they are baked. Then you can bake a fresh batch whenever you feel for it.

      Reply
  9. Jenny sterne

    December 13, 2018 at 7:26 am

    I baked Jødekager from a different recipe. I measured meticulously.
    My Danish granny used to bake them but I thought I would try a different flavour
    So I did rum essence as well as the cinnamon and sugar etc.
    The dough tasted amazing but the baked cookies not so much.
    Quite disappointing actually. I made the dough into a roll for easy slicing
    And chilled it well.
    They taste sort of floury.
    They are not crisp. I had no salts of hartshorn so I saw that I can use baking powder.

    Reply
  10. Jennifer Sterne

    December 14, 2018 at 6:03 pm

    Should I reduce the oven heat slightly for a fan oven?

    Reply
    • Kim Nielsen

      December 15, 2018 at 7:20 am

      Yes that would be a good idea. maybe just 15-20 degrees.

      Reply
  11. Leda Lewin Jessen

    December 14, 2020 at 6:54 am

    Hej Kim
    Jeg underviser amerikanere i bagning og brugte din opskrift, da jeg tænkte, den var tilpasset/afprøvet på amerikansk vis. Men jødekagedejen bliver altså alt for våd, så jeg enten må tilføje mere mel eller mindre smør. Jeg nyder ellers dine opskrifter og deler altid din hjemmeside med folk, som gerne vil lave skandinavisk mad😉 Vh, Leda

    Reply
    • Kim Nielsen

      December 14, 2020 at 6:43 pm

      Hej Leda. Tak for din besked vedrørende Jødekagerne. Jeg har netop tjekket "oversættelsen" af ingredientslisten og umiddelbart ser den fin ud. Men jeg er da ked af at din kagedej blev for våd. Jeg må heller lige double tjekke opskriften endnu en gang. Igen, tak for at du har gjort mig opmærksom på dette. vh Kim (NordicFoodLiving.com)

      Reply
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