Hamburg Brown Biscuits for 3rd Advent
December 12th, 2017 | bread & pastries
The advent dream of my childhood: the original Hamburg Brown Biscuits. In my grandma’s recipe book in grain and lot, today it is more feasible in grams and teaspoons – my favourite pastries for Christmas! The photo is some years old. Then, our children stamped names on the cookies – a nice idea as a small Christmas gift.
Hamburg Brown Biscuits
(yields about 60 pieces)
THAT'S HOW THE WIFE OF THE CAPTAIN DOES IT
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