Danish Smalls Klejner

Total Time: 19 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 4 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup butter
• 5 -6 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon freshly crushed cardamom seed
• hot oil (for frying)
• powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 in the work bowl of the food processor with the steel blade in place, or in a mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, and baking powder.
• 2 slice the butter and add to the dry ingredients.
• 3 process or blend until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• 4 add 5 tablespoons of cream, egg, and cardamom (leave out cardamom if you wish) and mix until a dough forms.
• 5 add more cream if necessary to moisten the dough.
• 6 chill 30 minutes.
• 7 on a lightly floured board, roll dough out to 1/8-inch thickness and cut into strips about 1 1/4 inches wide.
• 8 cut the strips diagonally into diamonds about 3 1/2 inches long.
• 9 make a lengthwise slash through the center of each with the point of a knife.
• 10 pull one end of the piece through the slash to form a half-knot.
• 11 heat fat (vegetable oil, lard, or shortening) to 375 f.
• 12 drop knots into the fat and cook until golden on both sides, turning once or twice.
• 13 remove from fat and drain on paper toweling.
• 14 dust with powdered sugar.
• 15 store in an airtight tin in a cool place makes about 60 cookies.
• 16 the great scandinavian baking book.