Dutch Australian Society ‘Abel Tasman’ Inc
Pepernoten (Gingernuts)
ingredients:
150 grams self-raising flour
75g caster sugar (the brown variety, if available)
90g butter
2 tbsp milk
3 tsp speculaaskruiden
(Officially, speculaaskruiden is a mixture of cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, pimento, mace, ground ginger and cardamom. Leaving out some of the more exotic spices will not be disastrous – though, personally, I think it is).
method:
Mix ingredients into a dough that can be easily managed (add a little more milk if too crumbly, a little more flour if too wet).
Form into balls the size of a small marble, Put them on a greased baking tray in the middle of a pre-heated oven (150°C) for about 15-20 minutes.
TIP: If you keep the pepernoten in a tin together with a piece of bread, they won’t get too hard.
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