Old-fashioned Soetkoekies – Cookies, like gran used to make

There’s an Afrikaans phrase: ‘Verkoop soos soetkoekies’ which translates to ‘sells like sweetcakes’. And that is why you need to try this Old-fashioned Soetkoekies recipe. The recipe makes over one hundred cookies which you can hand out to your friends and family as gifts, sell at your next cake sale or devour yourself at home. It will taste like pure nostalgia with every bite.

There isn’t an easier cookie recipe that delivers so much goodness. It doesn’t even take that long to prepare. You’ll spend less time preparing and baking while you spend as much time as you want decorating them. You can use this recipe and decorate it to be more festive or even themed for a birthday party. The Old-fashioned Soetkoekies are perfect as a gift or centre-piece at your next tea-party. Your friends will want to take these cookies home, if they aren’t all gone by the end.

Get the kettle on, because there’s a sweet mountain of Old-fashioned Soetkoekies coming your way.

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Old-fashioned Soetkoekies Recipe

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Recipe by Louise Liebenberg Course: SnackCuisine: South AfricanDifficulty: Easy

Servings

100+

cookies

Prep time

20

minutes

Cooking time

10

minutes

Total time

30

minutes

Ingredients

• 250 g butter, room temperature

• 600 g sugar

• 5 large eggs

• 825 g cake flour, measured unsifted)

• 30 ml baking powder

• 10 ml ground nutmeg

• 2 ml salt

• To paint the biscuits:

• 1 egg, beaten

• 25 ml milk

• extra sugar for decorating

Method

• Cream butter, sugar and the five eggs together. Sift together cake flour, baking powder, nutmeg and salt. Mix sifted ingredients with butter mixture until a fairly soft dough is formed.
• Cover and allow to rest for half an hour. 
• Preheat oven to 200°C. Lightly grease baking trays or use a non-stick spray. 
• Roll out dough thinly on a surface dusted with flour. Cut out circles, 4 to 5cm in diameter, using a cookie cutter. 
• Place dough circles slightly apart on baking sheets. Mix beaten egg and milk, and lightly paint over biscuits. Sprinkle a little sugar in the centre of each biscuit for decoration. 
• Bake biscuits for 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven, allow to cool slightly and place on a wire rack to cool completely. 
• Store in an airtight container.

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