These Danish Christmas cookies aren't overly sweet, and taste a lot like a crunchy plain donut.
Course Dessert
Cuisine Yummy
Prep Time 1 hourhour
Cook Time 30 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour30 minutesminutes
Servings 72cookies
Calories 48kcal
Author Karen
Ingredients
3eggs
¾cupsugar
4cupsflour
4tablespoonmilk
1teaspoonbaking soda
1teaspoonsalt
1teaspoonvanilla extract
.25lbbuttersoftened
½teaspooncardamon (optional)
Instructions
Mix together dry ingredients reserving ½ of flour
Add in remaining ingredients and mix well until dough smooth.
If needed, add the reserved ½ cup of flour to the dough.
Roll dough out to a scant ¼" thick.
Cut dough into 3" x 1" strips. I use a pizza wheel for this.
Cut a slit in the centre of each strip of dough. The direction of the slit should run the length of the strip, not across it.
For each strip of dough, pull one end through the centre cut slit and pull through to the other side. This will form a sort of knot.
Deep fry until the dough begins to form a golden colour.
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Notes
These cookies will seem soft when they first come out of the fryer but they fully firm up and get crispier after a few hours.I only started adding cardamon a few years ago to these cookies. My grandmother's recipe didn't include it, but most Danish recipes for Klejner do.