Brunkager – Traditional Danish Christmas Biscuits

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil offers a dairy-free option with similar texture.

sugar

🥗Healthier: stevia

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Stevia reduces calories while brown sugar adds a different flavor.

almonds

🥗Healthier: walnuts

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Walnuts provide healthy fats and sunflower seeds are more affordable.

dark chocolate

🥗Healthier: cacao nibs

💰Cheaper: milk chocolate

Cacao nibs are lower in sugar and more nutritious.

Melt 125 g of butter and 60 g of syrup on low heat.

Weigh out 275 g of plain flour and mix with 0.5 tsp of baking soda.

Add 60 g of chopped hazelnuts and spices (1.5 tsp cinnamon, 0.5 to 0.75 tsp ground cloves, 0.5 tsp ginger, 0.25 tsp cardamom) to the melted butter and syrup mixture.

Stir in 125 g of soft brown sugar and the grated zest of half an orange until combined.

Mix the wet and dry ingredients together using a Danish whisk.

Shape the dough into two logs about 3 to 4 mm in diameter and wrap in cling film.

Chill in the fridge for at least 6 hours or overnight.

Preheat oven to 180°C (356°F).

Slice the logs into rounds (3 mm for thin biscuits, 6 mm for thicker ones).

Place on a baking tray lined with parchment paper.

Bake for 8 minutes at 180°C (356°F).

Cool on a wire rack.

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