Orange Spiced Krumkake Food

ORANGE SPICED KRUMKAKE

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, cream together the butter, sugar, orange peel and eggs. Sift together the flour, cloves and cardamom. Add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture alternately with the milk. Mix until batter is completely smooth.
• Grease the krumkake iron with oil or vegetable spray. Heat iron over medium low heat. You only need to grease the iron once.
• Place one tablespoon of batter at a time onto the center of the iron, close, and hold firmly. Cook for 15 to 20 seconds, turning iron over halfway through. Remove krumkake from iron and roll into a cone. Repeat with the rest of the batter.

KRUMKAKE / KRUMKAKER

Steps:

• In a blender, grind flax seed into meal.
• Add the 1/2 cup plus 1 Tablespoon water and blend until incorporated, then pour into a mixing bowl.
• Add the sugar, Crisco, soy milk (vanilla flavored works fine,) and vanilla extract and mix well with a wooden spoon.*.
• Add 1 1/2 cups flour and stir until incorporated. Add additional flour only to make a very soft dough, up to the remaining 1/2 cup, but not necessarily the full amount, The mixture should be thicker than a batter, but not a stiff dough. Less flour makes a lighter, crisper cookie. More flour makes a thicker cookie.
• Allow the dough to rest while heating the cookie iron.
• Spray krumkake iron with oil prior to placing dough for each cookie, or as needed to prevent sticking.
• When cookie iron is ready, spoon approximately one tablespoon of batter to make each five inch cookie. The cookie is done when steam stops escaping from the sides of the cookie iron and the cookies are very lightly browned.
• Remove cookies from iron by rolling over a wooden krumkake pin, wooden spoon handle, or with a non-metal spatula to make flat cookies.
• Place on cookie racks to cool before stacking.
• Repeat to use remaining dough.
• Cooking time is approximate and depends on how quickly or slowly the cook can roll a krumkake!
• Cookies are best stored in tins to retain their crispness.
• Fill with vegan frosting, fruit, or whatever pleases you. Dust with powdered sugar if you like. They are fine without, as well.
• *1/2 teaspoon cardamom or cinnamon, or any other spice may be added to the mix prior to the flour if you like.

NORWEGIAN KRUMKAKE

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, cream the sugar with the butter. Beat in the eggs until the mixture is light and lemon colored. Beat in the milk and flour until blended and smooth. Let stand 30 minutes.
• Preheat the krumkake iron until a drop of water sizzles when dropped onto the top.
• Open the iron; coat lightly with nonstick spray. Spoon 1 tablespoon batter onto center of the hot iron. Close iron. Bake about 1 minute on each side until the cookie is lightly browned. Insert the tip of a knife under the cookie to remove form the iron; roll the hot cookie into a cigar or cone shape. Cool on a rack. Cookies become crisp as they cool. Repeat with remaining batter. Batter will thicken as you use it; add water a tablespoon at a time as necessary to thin it to the consistency of thick cream. Store the baked cookies in an airtight container. They can be kept frozen for several weeks.