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PING: Janet USA
On 2017-12-16 3:37 PM, graham wrote:
> On 2017-12-16 3:33 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
>> On Sat, 16 Dec 2017 12:48:17 -0700, graham > wrote:
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>>> On 2017-12-16 11:27 AM, Boron Elgar wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 16 Dec 2017 10:15:09 -0700, graham > wrote:
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>>>>> On 2017-12-16 9:17 AM, Casa del Sol naciente wrote:
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>>>>>>>> Question - what are "butter letters"?
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>>>> Dutch Christmas tradition.
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>>>> https://patch.com/new-jersey/wyckoff...tmas-tradition
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>>> Have you ever made Suikerbrood or Sugar Bread? It is basically a brioche
>>> type dough in which pieces of crushed sugar cubes are incorporated. On
>>> baking, they dissolve leaving little holes throughout the bread. I got
>>> the recipe from a book on Dutch baking that my ex gave me (her husband
>>> is Dutch). The book describes butter letters but doesn't give a recipe.
>>> I have some crushed maple sugar in the cupboard and have thought of
>>> making a Canadian version.
>>> Graham
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>> Similar to Kouign Amann?
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>> https://www.davidlebovitz.com/long-live-the-k/
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> No. It looks like an ordinary tinned fruit loaf with the sugar holes in
> place of the raisins.
>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suikerbrood
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