brown sticks

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Elverum
Updated on Apr 27, 2015

This is one of the cakes / cookies I bake at Christmas, it's one of 7 kind of Christmas cookies the Norwegians make.. I love the taste of this, and it has many names here in Norway, But what I use is Brune Pinner (brown Sticks). I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

prep time 30 Min
cook time 10 Min
method Bake
yield about 50 pieses

Ingredients

  • 200 grams butter (room temperature)
  • 200 grams sugar
  • 1 - egg yolk
  • 1 tablespoon golden sirup
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar
  • 1 teaspoon bicarbonate sida or baking powder
  • 300 grams all purpose flour
  • DECORATION
  • 1 - beaten up egg (egg white)
  • 1 cup perl sugar
  • 1 cup coped almond

How To Make brown sticks

  • Step 1
    Mix butter and sugar until the butter is white. Then mix the rest of the ingredients with the butter/sugar mix. combine well together.
  • Step 2
    Cut it in 6 equal parts, and roll them to a long sausage and press them flat on a baking tray. You can use parchment paper on the tray.
  • Step 3
    wisp the egg (what I do is I use the egg white from the one egg yolk from the dough) and coat the flat dough.. and sprinkle the pearl sugar on it, with the choped almond.
  • Step 4
    Bake at temp ;175 Celcius When it's done it should be a golden brown color, if not bake it a bit longer.. when done use a pizza cutter and cut on the short side. so they resember small sticks.

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Category: Cookies
Category: Other Snacks
Keyword: #Christmas
Keyword: #Cookies
Method: Bake
Ingredient: Flour

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