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Fattigman Bakkels

Source of Recipe

Sons of Norway


List of Ingredients


5 egg yolks
5 T. sugar
5 T. cream
1 T. cognac
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. cardamom
1 egg white
1 1/2 cups flour





Recipe

Beat together egg yolks and sugar. Whisk in cream. Stir in cognac and spices. Beat egg white until it's stiff and carefully stir into other ingredients.
Mix in a little more than half of the flour. Let dough stand, covered and in a cool place, overnight. Use the remaining flour-as little as possible-for rolling out the dough; the less flour you use, the more tender the fattigmanns bakkels will be. Roll the dough out a little at a time and as thinly as possible. Use a fattigmann cutter to cut out diamond shapes. Make a small diagonal cut in the center of each diamond, and "thread" one point of the diamond through the cut. Heat lard to 350º F. Fry fattigman until golden brown.

Var: Another similar recipe.
6 egg yolks
3 T sugar
6 T thick cream
1/2 tsp salt
1/8 tsp cardamom seed, ground
2 T brandy
3 egg whites
enough flour to roll a thin dough into rectangles

Cut a slit in the center of the rectangle and pull one leg through the slit. When done dust with powdered sugar.