At the weekend, baked the printen
(http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachener_Printen) according to the recipe
kindly supplied by Wayne.

Puffed up more than expected but perhaps that's an artefact of the
altitude. Rolling them out thinner worked better.

Smelt wonderful and looked very nice after glazing with icing
sugar/water.

The Expert's (the Maternal Unit LOL) judgement: 'they taste delicious;
can I have another?' Very close to the 'real thing' from Germany. They
are ageing for a few days before further quality control sampling he he
he.

So that one's a keeper and thanks again Wayne!

Baked assorted butter biscuits/cookies as well.

We did cheat and buy:
lebkuchen (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebkuchen),
speculaas (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spekulatius),
zimtsterne (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimtsterne),
dominosteine (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominostein)
and pfeffernuesse (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfeffernuss).

Still need to get some marzipan (http://www.niederegger.de/) something
or nother.

On Tue 16 Dec 2008 07:05:17p, Arri London told us...

> At the weekend, baked the printen
> (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachener_Printen) according to the recipe
> kindly supplied by Wayne.
>
> Puffed up more than expected but perhaps that's an artefact of the
> altitude. Rolling them out thinner worked better.
>
> Smelt wonderful and looked very nice after glazing with icing
> sugar/water.
>
> The Expert's (the Maternal Unit LOL) judgement: 'they taste delicious;
> can I have another?' Very close to the 'real thing' from Germany. They
> are ageing for a few days before further quality control sampling he he
> he.
>
> So that one's a keeper and thanks again Wayne!

You're most welcome! I'm so glad that they were well received, especially
by "the Maternal Unit".

I suspect it was the altitude that caused the additional puffing. I've
never had that problem. You might also consider adjusting the leavening.

> Baked assorted butter biscuits/cookies as well.
>
> We did cheat and buy:
> lebkuchen (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebkuchen),
> speculaas (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spekulatius),
> zimtsterne (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimtsterne),
> dominosteine (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominostein)
> and pfeffernuesse (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfeffernuss).

At one time or another I have baked all of those except the dominosteine.
I have a very strong preference for German cookies. Another particular
favorite of mine is springerle.

> Still need to get some marzipan (http://www.niederegger.de/) something
> or nother.
>

I've only bought marzipan, often that made into shapes of fruits.

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Wayne Boatwright wrote:

>> (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachener_Printen) according to the

> You're most welcome! I'm so glad that they were well received,
> especially by "the Maternal Unit".
>
> I suspect it was the altitude that caused the additional puffing.
> I've never had that problem. You might also consider adjusting the
> leavening.

Isn't there an english version of this recipe? I checked that wikipedia page
for an "english version" link but I had no luck.
--
Vilco
Mai guardare Trailer park Boys senza
qualcosa da bere a portata di mano

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
> On Tue 16 Dec 2008 07:05:17p, Arri London told us...
>
> > At the weekend, baked the printen
> > (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachener_Printen) according to the recipe
> > kindly supplied by Wayne.
> >
> > Puffed up more than expected but perhaps that's an artefact of the
> > altitude. Rolling them out thinner worked better.
> >
> > Smelt wonderful and looked very nice after glazing with icing
> > sugar/water.
> >
> > The Expert's (the Maternal Unit LOL) judgement: 'they taste delicious;
> > can I have another?' Very close to the 'real thing' from Germany. They
> > are ageing for a few days before further quality control sampling he he
> > he.
> >
> > So that one's a keeper and thanks again Wayne!
>
> You're most welcome! I'm so glad that they were well received, especially
> by "the Maternal Unit".

LOL. It's very high praise Wayne; we both should be proud.

>
> I suspect it was the altitude that caused the additional puffing. I've
> never had that problem. You might also consider adjusting the leavening.

Think I will leave the leavening (ha) alone and just roll them out more
thinly. The actual texture is good.

>
> > Baked assorted butter biscuits/cookies as well.
> >
> > We did cheat and buy:
> > lebkuchen (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebkuchen),
> > speculaas (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spekulatius),
> > zimtsterne (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimtsterne),
> > dominosteine (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominostein)
> > and pfeffernuesse (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfeffernuss).
>
> At one time or another I have baked all of those except the dominosteine.
> I have a very strong preference for German cookies. Another particular
> favorite of mine is springerle.

Have never made springerle; we don't have the moulds for them. Only one
large speculaas plank, which I don't dare use (family heirloom). We used
to make the zimtsterne and a few other traditional goodies every year,
but just couldn't get to it this year.


> > Still need to get some marzipan (http://www.niederegger.de/) something
> > or nother.
> >
>
> I've only bought marzipan, often that made into shapes of fruits.
>

We used to make that too every Christmas, also fruit shapes. There was a
beautiful shop in the centre of Milan that had a gorgeous display of
marzipan shapes when I walked passed. But didn't have the camera with me

ViLco wrote:
>
> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
> >> (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachener_Printen) according to the
>
> > You're most welcome! I'm so glad that they were well received,
> > especially by "the Maternal Unit".
> >
> > I suspect it was the altitude that caused the additional puffing.
> > I've never had that problem. You might also consider adjusting the
> > leavening.
>
> Isn't there an english version of this recipe? I checked that wikipedia page
> for an "english version" link but I had no luck.
> --
> Vilco


The article doesn't really give a recipe as such; even the English
version doesn't give a recipe. If you use the recipe Wayne posted, which
I used, you will get a good result. Otherwise there are other English
language recipes on the Net.

On Wed 17 Dec 2008 08:40:47a, Arri London told us...

>
>
> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>
>> On Tue 16 Dec 2008 07:05:17p, Arri London told us...
>>
>> > At the weekend, baked the printen
>> > (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachener_Printen) according to the
recipe
>> > kindly supplied by Wayne.
>> >
>> > Puffed up more than expected but perhaps that's an artefact of the
>> > altitude. Rolling them out thinner worked better.
>> >
>> > Smelt wonderful and looked very nice after glazing with icing
>> > sugar/water.
>> >
>> > The Expert's (the Maternal Unit LOL) judgement: 'they taste delicious;
>> > can I have another?' Very close to the 'real thing' from Germany. They
>> > are ageing for a few days before further quality control sampling he
he
>> > he.
>> >
>> > So that one's a keeper and thanks again Wayne!
>>
>> You're most welcome! I'm so glad that they were well received,
especially
>> by "the Maternal Unit".
>
> LOL. It's very high praise Wayne; we both should be proud.

I gathered that, Arri, from the many comments you've made about your mum
and food. I love it when someone is "critical" in the pure sense of the
word.

>>
>> I suspect it was the altitude that caused the additional puffing. I've
>> never had that problem. You might also consider adjusting the
leavening.
>
> Think I will leave the leavening (ha) alone and just roll them out more
> thinly. The actual texture is good.

As log as it works out for you, then you made the right modification.

>>
>> > Baked assorted butter biscuits/cookies as well.
>> >
>> > We did cheat and buy:
>> > lebkuchen (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebkuchen),
>> > speculaas (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spekulatius),
>> > zimtsterne (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimtsterne),
>> > dominosteine (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominostein)
>> > and pfeffernuesse (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfeffernuss).
>>
>> At one time or another I have baked all of those except the
dominosteine.
>> I have a very strong preference for German cookies. Another particular
>> favorite of mine is springerle.
>
> Have never made springerle; we don't have the moulds for them. Only one
> large speculaas plank, which I don't dare use (family heirloom). We used
> to make the zimtsterne and a few other traditional goodies every year,
> but just couldn't get to it this year.

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
I don't have a springerle mold, but I do have a very old springerle rolling
pin from Germany. If I didn't have that, I'd probably never make them. I
actually inherited a speculaas plank from an elderly friend who had brought
it with her from Germany when she moved to the US.

>> > Still need to get some marzipan (http://www.niederegger.de/) something
>> > or nother.
>> >
>>
>> I've only bought marzipan, often that made into shapes of fruits.
>>
>
> We used to make that too every Christmas, also fruit shapes. There was a
> beautiful shop in the centre of Milan that had a gorgeous display of
> marzipan shapes when I walked passed. But didn't have the camera with me
>
>



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