Knead all ingredients into a smooth dough. Make it a dough
roll, with a diameter of about 5 cm. Put it covered in the fridge
for ½ hour.
Cut slices of the dough roll about 1 cm thick. Place them in a
baking dish on baking paper and place the dish in a preheated
oven at 185 ° C for 15 minutes.
The cookies must remain light in color. Check during the
baking process.
beautiful girls from Ghent - Gentse mokken
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp aniseed powder
1 tsp cinnamon
The name probably refers to the Ghent dialect word for
beautiful girls. The origin of the cookie would have a
simple, historical explanation. Because Ghent is on the
water, the city used to be plagued by mosquitoes. The
pronounced aroma of anise and cinnamon was used to
expel the mosquitoes. Nice story, but whether it is true....
1 tsp baking
powder
1 tsp aniseed
powder
1 tsp cinnamon
Knead all ingredients into a smooth dough.
Make it a dough roll, with a diameter of about 5
cm. Put it covered in the fridge for ½ hour.
Cut slices of the dough roll about 1 cm thick.
Place them in a baking dish on baking paper
and place the dish in a preheated oven at 185 °
C for 15 minutes.
The cookies must remain light in color. Check
during the baking process.
The name probably refers to the Ghent
dialect word for beautiful girls. The origin of
the cookie would have a simple, historical
explanation. Because Ghent is on the water,
the city used to be plagued by mosquitoes.
The pronounced aroma of anise and
cinnamon was used to expel the
mosquitoes. Nice story, but whether it is
true....
beautiful girls
from Ghent
Gentse mokken
taste and tradition
