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brown sticks

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Recipe by
Ann Kristin Nyeggen
@Ann_Kristin_Nyeggen
Elverum

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.

yield serving(s)
prep time 30 Min
cook time 10 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For brown sticks

  • 200 g
    butter (room temperature)
  • 200 g
    sugar
  • 1
    egg yolk
  • 1 Tbsp
    golden sirup
  • 1/2 tsp
    ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla sugar
  • 1 tsp
    bicarbonate sida or baking powder
  • 300 g
    all purpose flour
  • DECORATION
  • 1
    beaten up egg (egg white)
  • 1 c
    perl sugar
  • 1 c
    coped almond

How To Make brown sticks

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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