Moravian Spice Cookies
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Moravia ia a beautiful and historic country in the Czech Republic!A speciality of the place are Moravian Cookies or Moravian Spice Crisps as they are called.A special type of fluted cookie cutter (like a pie pan edge) is used for these delicious cookies but as I did not have them I gave them the shape of a Christmas Tree as I was making them for the festival!The cookie is wafer thin,crisp and perfectly brown with a delicious aroma and taste.Mine may not have come as thin but was crisp and utterly delicious that the better half who is a connoisseur of good things gobbled up 4 of them with his tea!They are amazing and a must try for everyone!
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Ingredients
- 194 gms plain flour/all purpose flour/maida
- 1 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon ground Cinnamon dalchini
- 1 teaspoon ground Ginger sonth
- 1/2 teaspoon ground Cloves laung
- 1/4 cup shortening/vanaspati/ghee
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup Molasses/thick Jaggery syrup
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 160°C.Sift the dry ingredients - flour,baking soda,cinnamon,ginger and clove powders together in a large bowl.
- In another bowl beat the shortening/vanaspati/ghee and sugar till creamy.Add Molasses and beat again till well mixed.
- Now add the dry ingredients and either mix with hand or in a food processor or stand mixer till everything comes together and you have a soft dough.
- Wrap the dough in clingfilm and refrigerate for 30 - 45 minutes.
- Flour your kitchen countertop and roll out the dough as thin as you can manage.They say "Your fingers should be visible under the dough".
- In case if this does not happen do not worry.Roll as thin as possible and cut out cookies with the cutter you want.If you have a fluted cutter - wonderful!
- Cut out cookies and transfer to cookie sheets each being 1/2 an inch apart!Bake for 10 - 12 minutes till golden and a little dark on the top and take out.Cool on the sheets for 5 minutes then transfer to a wire rack.
- Leave the cookies to cool completely on the sheets and store them in airtight containers preferably glass jars.
- You can make a thick sugar syrup in very little quantity and brush over the top of the cookies on which you can sprinkle decorations of your choice - coloured sugar crystals,edible gold and silver decoration balls or even Royal Icing!
- Serve with coffee or tea!
Notes
NOTE : The authentic recipe uses either Lard which is animal fat or shortening which is solidified vegetable oil like the Indian vanaspati ghee namely Dalda to name a brand.I used pure ghee and was so very happy with the results!
I measured ingredients by the gram and am mentioning the weight.Measure everything accurately for the best tasting cookies!
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