Grandma's Design

FRIESE DUMKES

GRANDMA

Riem

COUNTRY

The Netherlands

ORIGIN

Friesland

INGREDIENTS

100 grams of dairy butter (soft)
± 100 grams of sugar
¼ teaspoon of cinnamon
¼ teaspoon of ginger
1 tablespoon of anise seed (partially minced)
1 egg
175 grams of wheat flour
¼ teaspoon of baking powder
50-100 grams of almonds/hazelnuts (crushed)

HISTORY

Dumke is a Frisian biscuit/cookie. The dumke is the thumb, and the biscuit is the size of a thumb. In Friesland it's prepared in different ways. You can add crushed almonds or crushed hazelnuts or a combination of these two. The anise gives the dumkes a characteristic flavour and the ginger adds some spice to the dumkes.

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HOW TO

Pastry – serves: 20-30 – preparation time: 45 minutes – cooking time: 15-20 minutes
Preheat the oven to 338 degrees F (170 degrees C). Add the diary butter and sugar to a bowl. Add the cinnamon, ginger and anise to the bowl. Beat the egg and add to the bowl. Add the flour, baking powder and almonds/hazelnuts. Stir and knead the dough until it becomes a cohesive ball. Put the dough ball in a cooler for 30 minutes. Roll the dough out until it becomes a rectangle of 1 cm thick. Cut the dough in pieces of 1 by 2 by 4 by 5 cm. Bake the dumkes 15-20 minutes in the oven.