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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Deutschland >> German

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Soak raisins in a bowl with brandy for 30 minutes, covered. | 2. Preheat oven to 200 C (400 F) and line baking sheets with parchment paper. | 3. Using a mixer, cream the butter until smooth. | 4. Add sugar, vanilla sugar and the eggs and beat until thick & creamy. | 5. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour and the spices. | 6. Stir lemon zest into the flour mixture. | 7. Gently fold the egg mixture into the flour mixture using a wooden spoon, being carefully not to overmix. | 8. Drain raisins and fold them into the batter. | 9. Using two spoons, scoop the dough into blobs the size of a cherry and place on the parchment lined baking sheets. | 10. Bake at 200 C/400F for 8-10 minutes, or until golden brown. | 11. Remove to wire racks to cool. | 12. IF USING AMERICAN MEASURING CUPS: use about 1 1/2 cups of raisins,1 stick butter,1/2 cup sugar,1 tsp vanilla sugar, about 2 2/3 cups flour. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
raisin	100			49830.0	13120.8	559.35	75.9
brandy	4	tablespoons		200.25	0.0	44.55	1.125
butter	125		unsalted sweet	10687.5	491.0625	333.9375	900.0
sugar	125	g	granulated	153.75	28.85	4.8125	2.4
vanilla sugar	1/2	envelope		-	-	-	-
egg	2			143.0	0.72	12.56	9.51
purpose flour	225	g		200.25	0.0	44.55	1.125
cardamom	1	pinch	ground	0.3888	0.0856	0.0134	0.0084
clove	1	pinch	ground	0.3596	0.086	0.0078	0.0171
lemon	1/2		grated	0.6404	0.2058	0.0243	0.0066

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