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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Deutschland >> German

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Combine butter, honey and molasses in a pot and melt over low heat on the stove. Do not boil! Remove from heat and let cool. | 2. Beat eggs and anise extract together and stir into honey mixture. | 3. In a large mixing bowl add the flour, sugars, spices and salt and mix together well with a spoon. | 4. Add the wet ingredients to the flour mixture and stir till makes a stiff dough. | 5. Chill about 3 hours in the refrigerator. | 6. Remove from refrigerator and roll into small balls with your hands or you can cut some of the dough with cookie cutters. (I did some both ways. I made some bite sized ones for my grandson and several different sizes) The dough is easy to work once it comes out of the fridge. | 7. Place on sprayed or greased cookie sheets. | 8. Bake in preheated 325 degree oven 15 minutes. | 9. Remove from pan and let cool. | 10. Roll in confectionery sugar. | 11. Store in airtight container and allow to sit for a couple days before serving. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
molasses	1/2	cup	used	488.65	125.92	0.0	0.1685
honey	1/4	cup		-	-	-	-
butter	1/2	cup	unsalted	684.0	31.428	21.372	57.6
egg	2		beaten	143.0	0.72	12.56	9.51
anise extract	2	teaspoons		-	-	-	-
purpose flour	3 1/2	cups		-	-	-	-
white sugar	1/2	cup		387.0	99.98	0.0	0.0
brown sugar	1/2	cup		418.0	107.899	0.132	0.0
cinnamon	2	teaspoons		-	-	-	-
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
baking soda	1 1/2	1/2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
cardamom	1 1/2	1/2	ground	9.33	2.0541	0.3228	0.201
ginger	1	teaspoon		1.6	0.3554	0.0364	0.015
nutmeg	1/2	teaspoon		5.775	0.5422	0.0642	0.3994
black pepper	1	teaspoon		5.773	1.4708	0.239	0.075
clove	1	teaspoon	ground	5.754	1.3761	0.1254	0.273
allspice	1	teaspoon	ground	4.997	1.3703	0.1157	0.1651
sugar	1	cup		805.98	201.59599999999998	0.0	0.0

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