Sugar Cookies South Africa Recipes

SUGAR COOKIES (SOUTH AFRICA)

Steps:

• Preheat oven 400°F.
• In bowl, cream butter and shortening. Add cloves, ginger, cinnamon, allspice, and orange peel. Mix well.
• Beat in eggs, sugar, and almonds.
• In another bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt, and baking powder. Add to butter mixture alternately with the brandy and wine.
• Chill dough for about 30 minutes to an hour, or until firm enough to roll.
• Turn chilled dough out on a floured board and roll until the dough is very thin.
• Using pastry cutters, cut the dough into desired shapes.
• Bake on greased cookie sheets for 10-15 minutes, or until nicely browned.

KRAKELINGE (SOUTH AFRICAN COOKIES)

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.

EASY SOFT SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the butter and 2 cups of the sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and 1 teaspoon of the cardamom; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. In a small bowl, combine the remaining sugar and cardamom; dip rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into sugar mixture. Place on greased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on wire racks.

SUDANESE KAHK - SUGAR COATED COOKIES

Steps:

• Warm ghee. Place in mixing bowl.
• Add yoghurt. Mix using hand mixer or electronic food mixer.
• Add vanilla and anise.
• Mix dry ingredients: sugar, flour, sesame seeds, baking powder, salt, cardamon.
• Add dry ingredients to liquid ingredients. Mix well.
• Cover dough and let sit for 30min.
• Roll dough using wooden roller on flat surface. Use cookie cutters to make cookie shapes, and also use a small glass cup to cut the traditional circular shapes, and half moons that Sudanese love.
• Bake in oven set at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 minutes, until cookies bottom edge start to turn a tan color.
• Remove from oven. Place on cooling racks.
• After it has sufficiently cooled: dust icing sugar all over.
• ENJOY.