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.
Servings: 50 cookies
Ingredients
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.