Christmas Forum: Christmas Cookies
Posted by: LeAnn (bigpines@ThisIsToPreventSpam-552-RemoveThis.ruralroute2.com) on 3 Aug 2003 at 11:54:21 PM
Fattigman (pronounced "futty-mun") is a deep-fried Norwegian cookie that my sister made sometimes when I was a kid. It means "poor man's cookies" or "poor mans donuts." My mother (born in 1916) was the daughter of Norwegian immigrants.Fattigman
6 egg yolks
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup cream
1 tablespoon brandy (or 1 teaspoon brandy extract)
1 teaspoon cardamom (or nutmeg; my mother often substituted nutmeg in recipes that called for cardamom)
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 to 3 cups flour
Beat egg yolks and sugar on high speed with an electric mixer for five minutes. Stir in cream, brandy, and cardamom. Mix in enough flour to make a stiff dough. Roll dough very thin and cut into two-inch by two-inch pieces. Cut a slit in the middle and pull one of the points through the slit. Deep-fry until golden brown. When cool, sprinkle with powdered sugar. I put powdered sugar in a plastic container with a cover, add some fattigman and shake gently to coat them.
(From the book, Christmas In Dairyland)
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