South African Traditional Soetkoekies Sweet Cookies Food

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SOETKOEKIES - SWEET WINE AND SPICE SOUTH AFRICAN COOKIES



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Make and share this Soetkoekies - Sweet Wine and Spice South African Cookies recipe from Food.com.

Provided by CaliforniaJan

Categories     Dessert

Time 30m

Yield 30 2-inch cookies

Number Of Ingredients 14

4 tablespoons butter, softened
2 -2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
cooking spray
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups dark brown sugar
1 egg, lightly beaten
1/4 cup port wine (or Madeira or a sweet sherry)
1/2 cup blanched almond, finely chopped
15 whole blanched almonds, split lengthwise into halves
1 egg white, combined with 2 teaspoons of water and beaten to a froth

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray two baking sheets with cooking spray. Sift the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and salt together and set aside.
  • In a deep bowl, cream the butter and the dark-brown sugar together, mashing and beating them against the sides of the bowl until they are thoroughly blended. Beat in the egg, then add the flour mixture 1/2 cup at a time, stirring well after each addition. Beat in the wine and chopped almonds.
  • With your hands, vigorously knead the dough in the bowl until it can be gathered into a somewhat firm, compact ball. If the dough then seems too soft, knead in up to 1/4 cup more flour, adding it a tablespoon or so at a time.
  • On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough into a rough circle about 1/4 inch thick. With a cookie cutter or the rim of a glass, cut it into 2-inch rounds. Arrange the rounds about 1 inch apart on the buttered baking sheets. Then gather the scraps of dough into a ball, roll it out into another circle, and cut out rounds as before.
  • Press a blanched almond half lightly into the center of each Soetkoekie and brush the entire top surface of the cookie with the beaten egg white-and-water mixture.
  • Bake the cookies in the middle of the oven for 15 minutes, or until they are crisp and firm to the tough. With a wide metal spatula, transfer the cookies to a rack to cool. The cookies will keep for up to two weeks in a tightly covered jar.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 99, Fat 3, SaturatedFat 1.1, Cholesterol 11.1, Sodium 81.1, Carbohydrate 16.1, Fiber 0.5, Sugar 9.1, Protein 1.8

TRADITIONAL SOETKOEKIES RECIPE



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Provided by Lindsay Samuels

Categories     Snacks

Time 2h30m

Number Of Ingredients 8

250 g butter, softened
1 cup icing sugar
190 g (half a can) condensed milk
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 large egg
3 cups all purpose flour
1 tablespoon corn flour
½ teaspoon baking powder

Steps:

  • Cream the butter with an electric mixer then the add icing sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
  • Add in the condensed milk and vanilla and mix until well combined. Add egg and beat till smooth.
  • Sift the flour, corn flour and baking powder into mixture and stir until a soft dough is formed.
  • Wrap the dough in cling wrap and leave in the fridge for at least 2 hours OR until the dough is chilled.
  • Preheat the oven to 170°C.
  • Roll out the dough to 5 mm thickness and cut the biscuits to the desired shape and bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes.
  • Once cooled, dust with castor sugar and enjoy!

Nutrition Facts :

SOETKOEKIES ( SPICY WINE COOKIES)



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Yum! Spices, sugar & wine all together in a cookie. Soetkoekies are of Dutch origin and have been a favourite South African biscuit-tin filler for many years. Posted for ZWT 2006 - South African region. From: The Cookie Tin

Provided by SusieQusie

Categories     Dessert

Time 35m

Yield 36 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 13

2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1 cup brown sugar
4 ounces chopped almonds
1/2 cup chilled butter, cut into small pieces
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1/4 cup port wine or 1/4 cup sherry wine
1 egg white, beaten

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly spray or grease a cookie sheet.
  • Sift together the flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, ground cloves, brown sugar, and almonds in a large bowl.
  • Add the butter and cut into the flour mixture.
  • Add the beaten eggs and red wine and mix dough together until it can be formed into a ball.
  • Roll dough into walnut-sized balls and place on cookie sheets about 2" apart.
  • Brush each cookie gently with the egg white.
  • Bake for 12-15 minutes - until golden brown. Remove to a rack to cool completely.

KRAKELINGE (SOUTH AFRICAN COOKIES)



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Make and share this Krakelinge (South African Cookies) recipe from Food.com.

Provided by Annisette

Categories     Dessert

Time 25m

Yield 5-8 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg, beaten
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 egg yolk
sugar
almonds, chopped

Steps:

  • Preheat oven 400°F.
  • In bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg.
  • Sift flour and baking powder together and stir into the butter mixture.
  • Roll dough about 1/4 inch thick. Brush with the egg yolk, then sprinkle generously with sugar and then the almonds.
  • Cut into narrow strips. Form each strip into a figure-8 shape.
  • Bake on lightly greased baking sheet 8-10 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 700.9, Fat 39.4, SaturatedFat 24, Cholesterol 177.7, Sodium 351.1, Carbohydrate 77.7, Fiber 2, Sugar 20.3, Protein 9.9

SOUTH AFRICAN TRADITIONAL SOETKOEKIES (SWEET COOKIES)



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This is an ancient and very beloved cookie recipe in South Africa. My grandmother made these in large quantities before the December beach holidays. Remember, it's summer then, down here! There are slight variations on this recipe, as is usual with traditional recipes. There could be a Dutch influence here, sort of mixed with Malay (think Dutch Speculaas biscuits). In the old days this cookie was always made with butter and soft, rendered pork or mutton fat, but I have since found out it's not that easy for US cooks to find such fat to render. The dough should be rolled out really thinly -- about 1/6th of an inch -- to get a crispy cookie. Please note that baking time is about 7 mins. per tin of cookies, but you'll have to do it in batches, so I guesstimated the actual time you'll spend baking.

Provided by Zurie

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h5m

Yield 80-90 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 12

5 cups cake flour
2 cups brown sugar or 2 cups yellow sugar, if available
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg (optional)
2 teaspoons salt
1/4 lb butter, soft
1/4 lb rendered pork fat (or Crisco if you must, see note below about pork fat)
1/2 cup madeira wine or 1/2 cup port wine, but you may need up to 3/4 cup of the sweet wine
2 large eggs, whisked well

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 380 deg F/180 deg Celsius.
  • Grease cookie tins.
  • (** The story of the fat: we can always buy raw pork or mutton fat from a butcher or supermarket butchery dept. To render, cut this fat into small cubes, put (in batches) in a heavy-bottomed pot, and leave over low heat for the fat to "melt out". Pour off the fat at frequent intervals into a container, to prevent the fat browning in the pot. Do this before you start baking, and save the fat in the fridge in a closed container).
  • In a large container mix very well: the flour, brown sugar, baking soda, cream of tartar, salt and all the spices.
  • Rub in the butter and Crisco or fat with your fingers and palms until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
  • Whisk the eggs, add just 1/2 cup sweet wine to the eggs, then stir into the dry mixture.
  • Stir this in well, and if still too dry to form a dough, add more of the sweet wine to form a fairly stiff dough.
  • The dough is easy to handle and can be kneaded at this stage to mix well and to form a dough you can roll out.
  • Roll out thinly, in batches, on a floured surface. Keep gathering up the unused dough, press together, and roll out again.
  • Make sure your oven grid is in the centre of the oven, as cookies burn easily on the bottom, especially if you use dark tins.
  • Press out large round cookies, carefully place on the greased tins, and bake in batches in the preheated oven.
  • Check cookies after 5 minutes; don't let them burn. Cooking time depends on your oven and size of cookies, but is generally about 7 minutes.
  • Remove with an egg-lifter, and let them cool and harden on wire racks. Store in airtight tins.
  • The amount given below is a guess: any smaller and you will get up to 130 cookies or more. The cooking time is based roughly on the several batches you will have to cook.
  • Can be made weeks before using.
  • Although I give an approximately number of cookies, it will depend on your cookie cutter. A smaller cookie cutter will yield up to 130 or more cookies.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 78.2, Fat 2.8, SaturatedFat 1.5, Cholesterol 9.9, Sodium 86.3, Carbohydrate 12.2, Fiber 0.2, Sugar 5.3, Protein 0.9

ROYAL CREAMS



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A sandwiched biscuit/cookie recipe originally from South Africa. Depending on how you shape it, it's as good for weddings as it is as an everyday cookie recipe... and relatively easy to make. NOTE: Please don't follow the cooking/prep time and serving, I just guessed on that, sorry :(

Provided by Savannah

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h25m

Yield 30 biscuits (approx.)

Number Of Ingredients 11

8 ounces butter
1/2 cup caster sugar (see note)
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup cornflour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup icing sugar
2 ounces softened butter
1/2 teaspoon almond essence
pink food coloring (optional)

Steps:

  • Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
  • Add eggs and vanilla essence to creamed mixture, beat a little longer (2 minutes or so).
  • Sift dry ingredients, add to mix and make dough.
  • Roll and cut small identical sized biscuits, or roll small even-size balls and flatten slightly with hand or use a biscuit-press (which is what I use for these).
  • Bake at 170°C or 325°F until slightly golden at edges - or lift up the biscuit, if it is light brown under it's done.
  • Cool on rack.
  • Once cold sandwich together with 'Icing' and sprinkle with castor sugar.
  • Icing: Cream together with mixer.
  • Note: Castor sugar is finer than granulated sugar (in the US look for superfine sugar).

Nutrition Facts : Calories 139, Fat 8.2, SaturatedFat 5, Cholesterol 32.7, Sodium 108.9, Carbohydrate 14.9, Fiber 0.4, Sugar 5.4, Protein 1.7

CHOCOLATE PEPPER COOKIES (SOUTH AFRICAN)



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Make and share this Chocolate Pepper Cookies (South African) recipe from Food.com.

Provided by philip dreger

Categories     Drop Cookies

Time 30m

Yield 20 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 lb bittersweet chocolate or 1 lb semisweet chocolate, chopped
12 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
2/3 cup fine brown sugar
2 large eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
2/3 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon fresh coarse ground black pepper

Steps:

  • Melt half the chocolate.
  • Beat butter until light and airy.
  • Add sugar and beat until completely incorporated into butter.
  • Beat in eggs one by one.
  • Combine flour and baking soda and sift into butter mixture little by little until incorporated.
  • Mix chocolate into the butter mixture.
  • Stir in remaining chopped chocolate and pepper.
  • Cover and refrigerate until dough is cool and firm.
  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • Cover baking sheet with parchment paper ( or grease generously).
  • Place tablespoonful of batter about 1 inch apart on sheet.
  • Bake for 10 to 12 minutes until crisp on outside but still chewy inside.

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