Danish Diamonds Recipe | Epicurious.com
"(Klejner) Every year research editor Karen Hallal serves these spiced diamond-shaped cookies for dessert on Christmas Eve. They are fried like doughnuts and coated with powdered sugar. The recipe for klejner, popular all over Scandinavia, was given to Karen by her Danish mother...."
INGREDIENTS
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1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
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1 cup sugar
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3 eggs, beaten to blend
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1/4 cup whipping cream
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3 1/2 cups all purpose flour
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2 teaspoons baking powder
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1 teaspoon salt
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3/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
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1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
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Vegetable oil (for deep frying)
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Powdered sugar
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