Pepernotenpret

De Sint is in het land en dat is (hier in elk geval) te merken. Op de een of andere manier zijn de kindjes springeriger en drukker dan anders. Gezellig hoor, maar soms...Gisterenmiddag had Liam een vriendje van school te spelen en bij het ophalen van school zag ik al....drukdrukdruk.....ze direct aan hun eigen spel zetten zou waarschijnlijk of een chaos in huis of drukte en ruzie gaan geven. Dus wat te doen???
PEPERNOTEN BAKKEN!!! Zo gezegd, zo gedaan:




De manen hebben als super hulppieten het deeg gekneed en er de mooiste pepernoten van gemaakt, en tertijl ze in de oven stonden heb ik snel 2 kleine pietenzakjes gemaakt om ze in te bewaren. Na dit werk konden ze wel weer heerlijk samen spelen, of de rust was teruggekeerd. Soms doe ik het nog niet zo slecht ;-))
Heb je ook zin in heerlijke zelfgebakken pepernoten? Hier is het (supermakkelijke) recept:

125 gram zelfrijzend bakmeel
50 gram bruine basterdsuiker
1 ei
1 eetlepel melk
een halve theelepel zout
een halve theelepel speculaaskruiden
1 theelepel stroop

Van alle ingredienten een mooi deegje kneden en er dan pepernoten van maken. Tot slot alles 20 minuten in de oven op 200 graden, mjummie, eet smakelijk!

Sinterklaas has arrived and that does not go by unnoticed (at least, here it doesn't ). Somehow the kids seem jumpier, more excited then they usually are. Which is nice, but sometimes........tiring...
Yesterday Liam had a friend from school over to play at our house and as I picked them up at school I immediately saw that they were both tired and jumpy. Just letting them play would probarbly mean a complete mess around the house, or fitghting and crying. So waht do to.......baking PEPERNOTEN of course!! Pepernoten are a traditional treat that we (or the kids) eat when Sinterklaas is in the country. You can buy them in any store, but making them yourself is so much nicer! And it was....the kinds had fun with the dough and were very focussed. As the Pepernoten were in the oven I made little bags for them,just like the bags Zwarte Piet (Sinterklaas helper) keeps them in. After this they were relaxed and played aroundthe house piecefully.
I dug up e recipe for pepernoten (gingernuts) in English. Here it is, Enjoy!!
Ingredients:
125g flour
Teaspoon baking powder
1 tsp treacle
1/2 tbs 'speculaas'-spices
25g butter
50g brown sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbs milk
Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 180-220 C. Mix all ingredients in the mixing bowl. Wash your hands and with your wet hands mix everything well. Knead the mix until it becomes a dough that does not stick to your hands. Grease the baking-tray using the butterbrush Roll the dough into little balls, as big as marbles, and put these on the baking tray. Put the baking tray in the middle of the oven and for about 20 minutes. Turn of the oven, let the gingernuts cool for 10 minutes and then use the saptula to remove them from the baking tray.