Hi there,

I just recently moved from Germany to New York.
So I am not to sure about the ‘baking language’ let alone English and of course the measurements, ounces and tablespoons and cups and so forth.

Still I wanted to share my most cherished cookie recipe with you, so here we go:

Elmar’s Black Forest Cheekie Boyz, for all ages
(Adult version (at the end of the recipe) contains alcohol)
Ingredients sufficient for approx. 75 cookies
Cookies contain Nuts

Ingredient liquid grams liquid ounces / American spoons and cups comments

Sugar, granulated 200 7.04 oz / 0.9 cups
Almonds, powdered 125 4.25 oz / 0.8 cups
Hazelnuts, powdered 125 4.25 oz / 0.8 cups can be replaced by powdered almonds
Flour, all purpose, bleached, sifted 200 7.04 oz / 1.42 cups
Cocoa, powdered 10 0.3 oz / 2 teaspoons
Cinnamon, powdered 5 0.15 oz / 1 teaspoon
Cloves, powdered 5 0.15 oz / 1 teaspoon
Vanillasugar, granulated 25 0.9 oz / 3 level tablespoons
1 Egg, U.S. large 55 2 oz
Butter, unsalted 250 9 oz / 1.1 cup room temperature
Lemon peel, of one lemon, grated
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Raspberry jam 175 6.2 oz / 0.75 cups
Sugar, powdered 80 2.75 oz / 1 cup
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Conversion formula, approximations only

To convert grams to ounces multiply the grams by 0.0352
To convert liters to US quarts multiply the liters by 0.95
1 tablespoon equals 15 liquid grams
1 teaspoon equals 5 liquid grams
1 cup equals 227 liquid grams
5 ounces of flour, all purpose, bleached, sifted, equals 1 cup or 140 liquid grams
4 ounces of powdered almonds or powdered hazelnuts equal ¾ cup or 115 liquid grams

Equipment needed

1 Food processor
Cookie form, ring or flower shape, approximate diameter 4 cm / 1.6 inches
Dough roller
Baking paper
Baking rack
powdered sugar dispenser

Preparing the dough
Mix all dry ingredients and lemon peel
add softened butter in 1 oz pieces
add egg

Mix all ingredients in food processor using heavy dough kneading tool,
first on low, then, when all flower is absorbed, on high,
form dough into a ball and wrap dough in aluminium foil,
place in refrigerator for 2 hours

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Baking

lightly powder workplace with flower,
roll out portion of dough to thickness of 3 mm / 0.075 inches,
using cookie form, cut out equal number of rings or flowers,
place ¼ teaspoon of raspberry jam on half the cookies,
cover each raspberry cookie with another cookie and press top cookie around the edge onto the bottom cookie, thereby lightly covering the jam

place on baking sheet and rack,
preheat oven to 200° c / 390° Fahrenheit,
bake on middle level for approx. 10 minutes or until browning,
remove from oven and place on cooling rack,
when cooled down, sprinkle with powdered sugar,
repeat with rest of dough
When cold, sprinkle with powdered sugar,
ENJOY – don’t eat all at once or best, share with friends.

(Elmar’s Black Forest Cheekie Boyz taste best a few days after baking, an ideal cookie for the holiday season)

Attention Adults only

To turn the cookies into Elmar’s Black Forest Wild and Crazy Boyz add 3 tablespoons of 40% Kirschwasser / Cherry water when mixing the egg and butter into the dough, and use Blueberry Jam instead of Raspberry Jam!
These Wild and Crazy Boyz are for adults only