German Amerikaners

I was reminded recently by a friend about a pastry I used to make in the Bakery called Amerikaners.

It's been a long time since I've made those so...   here we are.

These are something like an upside down muffin cap except for they are baked that way on purpose and the flat side is glazed with a citrus flavored glaze. Although I did make some with a coffee flavored glaze which were quite yummy!

I like to kinda get back to the old recipe's and make things that people used to enjoy many years ago.  This is a recipe from a 50 year old recipe book that my dad gave me.  It's actually a commercial baker's book that advertised a brand of shortenings that were sold in Germany at the time.

I do read a little bit of German so I can translate these recipes into English.
Sometimes it's challenging to figure out what the ingredients are but in those cases I just pick up the phone and call my Dad.

This is a very simple recipe and as you hopefully have gathered by now simple is what I'm always about when it comes to baking.

Here is the recipe for these deliciously simple treats.

Amerikaners

1 lb  2 oz  pastry flour  (or 1/3 all purpose flour and 2/3 cake flour)

8 oz  sugar

4 oz  butter or margarine

10 oz milk

2     eggs

1/2  oz baking powder
1/2    tsp vanilla

Mix all ingredients together until smooth

Scoop onto parchment lined sheet pan with enough space between them to expand a bit

you can either use an ice cream scoop or a tablespoon to drop them with

bake for about 10 to 15 minutes depending on how big you make them, bake at 350*F

they should be just golden brown on the bottoms as seen in pictures
glaze with a simple powder sugar glaze with a touch of either vanilla or lemon flavoring

I hope you try these and let me know how they turn out.

signing out....

Mike the bakerboy