Spice Cookies Recipe

Spice Cookies Recipe

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During the late nineteenth century, as part of their Protestant beliefs, the Templers arrived in Jerusalem from Europe and established the German colony, a picturesque little neighborhood southwest...

Keywords

  • cookie
  • eastern european
  • dried currant
  • cocoa
  • chocolate
  • citrus
  • nut free
  • stand mixer
  • electric mixer
  • winter
  • fall
  • cookbooks
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Cooking tools:

  • Hand mixer
  • Microplane
  • Fine-mesh sieve
  • Cooling rack
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Mixing bowl
  • Measuring cup
  • Measuring spoon
  • Whisk
  • Spatula
  • Baking sheet
  • Parchment paper
  • Oven

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup plus 2 tbsp / 125 g currants
  • 2 tbsp brandy
  • scant 2 cups / 240 g all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp best-quality cocoa powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp each ground cinnamon, allspice, ginger, and nutmeg
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 5 oz / 150 g good-quality dark chocolate, coarsely grated
  • 1/2 cup / 125 g unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 2/3 cup / 125 g superfine sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp grated lemon zest
  • 1/2 tsp grated orange zest
  • 1/2 large free-range egg
  • 1 tbsp diced candied citrus peel
  • 3 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 1 1/3 cups / 160 g confectioners' sugar

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