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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Scandinavian >> Danish

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Combine unsalted butter (or lard) and 1 cup sugar in large bowl, using wooden spoon, stir mixture until well combined. | 2. Whisk eggs and whipping cream in small bowl to blend. | 3. Gradually mix egg mixture into butter mixture. | 4. Sift flour, baking powder, salt, ground cardamom and ground nutmeg into medium bowl. Add to butter mixture and mix until soft dough forms. | 5. Divide dough into 4 pieces. Wrap each dough piece tightly in plastic; flatten each into disk. Refrigerate dough pieces overnight. | 6. Roll out 1 dough piece on floured work surface to thickness of scant 1/4 inch. | 7. Cut dough into 2-inch-wide strips. | 8. Cut strips crosswise and diagonally at 3-inch intervals to form diamond shapes. Cut 1 1/2-inch-long lengthwise slit in center of each diamond. Gently push one end of one pastry corner through slit and gently pull end back toward its original position. | 9. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. | 10. Repeat with remaining diamonds. | 11. Gather scraps, reroll and cut out additional diamonds. | 12. Cover and refrigerate diamonds while rolling and shaping remaining dough disks. | 13. Pour vegetable oil into heavy deep skillet to depth of 2 inches. Heat to 350°F | 14. Add 5 cookies to oil and fry until puffed and golden brown on both sides, turning once, about 3 minutes. | 15. Using slotted spoon, transfer to paper towels and drain. Repeat frying of remaining cookies in batches. | 16. Fill large plate with powdered sugar. Roll cookies in powdered sugar to coat. | 17. (Cookies can be made 1 week ahead. Store between sheets of waxed paper in air-tight containers at room temperature.). | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
butter	1/2	cup	unsalted	684.0	31.428	21.372	57.6
sugar	1	cup		805.98	201.59599999999998	0.0	0.0
egg	3			214.5	1.08	18.84	14.265
whipping cream	1/4	cup		87.6	0.888	0.6509999999999999	9.273
purpose flour	3 1/2	cups		-	-	-	-
baking powder	2	teaspoons		4.876	2.5484	0.0	0.0
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
cardamom	3/4	teaspoon	ground	4.665	1.0270000000000001	0.1614	0.1005
nutmeg	1/4	teaspoon	ground	2.8875	0.2711	0.0321	0.1997
vegetable oil				-	-	-	-
sugar			powdered	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.