This old recipe is from my grandmother’s recipe box. I’m not sure where she got it. I do remember eating them at her house during christmas past. My sister and I would use one finger each in the center hole and try and tear the cookie apart kind of like a wishbone. Who ever got the bigger section won and, of course, we each would keep winning and that meant eating more cookies. The time does not include overnight in the refridgerator.
Janosch is the famous author of the stories about the little Tiger and the little Bear. I got cookie cutters in the shape of the tiger, the bear, the rabbit with the fast shoes, the wide-mouth frog and the tigerduck from my mother, a present for St. Niklaas. This is the first recipe of two, the other is Recipe #271116
These beautiful little cookies with a decided old-world taste are perfect for Christmas. I got the recipe from my great-aunt who made it for the family Christmas dinner for years before she turned the recipe over to my mother. Candied cherries contribute to the beauty of the cookies and I suppose it is the Brazil nuts that contribute to the taste. All I know is, they are delicious! Chilling time is not included in the preparation time.
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