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
My favourite gingerbread spice is „Klingenberger Lebkuchengewürz“ manufactured by „Altes Gewürzamt“ in Klingenberg/Germany. I am definitely fond of their spices. The gingerbread spice is well-balanced and besides Christmas pastries I use it to season meat dishes with it as for example a wild boar goulash or roast beef – delicous!
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