Anonymous
12/12/2023 20:10
Subject: Cookie recipe calling for seven egg yolks
Und the pointlessly strict person enters at 20:00 on the dot.
Anonymous
12/12/2023 20:00
Subject: Cookie recipe calling for seven egg yolks
Anonymous wrote:Yes, you read that title right. I have a German recipe for S-Gaback, which are S-shaped butter cookies, from the old Time Life German cookbook. The recipe is simple and to make 7 dozen cookies:
1/2 pound butter
1 cup sugar
7 egg yolks
1 tsp grated lemon peel
4 cups flour
1 egg white
Decorating sugar
To my eye, that is a lot of egg yolks and I've never seen any cookie recipe call for so many eggs. But I am intrigued and may give it a try this weekend. But what do other experienced bakers think? I googled online and most of the S-geback recipes I find call for 1-2 eggs, not 7! Even when adjusting for quantity.
Do you mean Geback (umlaut over the e) cookies shaped like an "S"? I don't think there is anything called "S-geback" and Geback just means pastry, biscuit, cookie.
Anonymous
12/12/2023 18:49
Subject: Cookie recipe calling for seven egg yolks
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:7 dozen cookies! My goodness you are going to be busy!
Many cookie recipes make that many. It's only 84 cookies. Look Joy of Cooking.
The phrase “only 84 cookies” is amazing.
Anonymous
12/12/2023 18:46
Subject: Cookie recipe calling for seven egg yolks
My thumb print cookie recipe (it’s really just pate sucre is 1 egg yolk and 3/4 cup flour, so it doesn’t seem that unreasonable a ratio of egg yolk to flour.
Anonymous
12/12/2023 18:42
Subject: Cookie recipe calling for seven egg yolks
Anonymous wrote:7 dozen cookies! My goodness you are going to be busy!
Many cookie recipes make that many. It's only 84 cookies. Look Joy of Cooking.
Anonymous
12/12/2023 16:25
Subject: Cookie recipe calling for seven egg yolks
7 dozen cookies! My goodness you are going to be busy!
Anonymous
12/12/2023 16:10
Subject: Cookie recipe calling for seven egg yolks
Anonymous wrote:As someone whose family loves pavlova, this seems likes a cookie I might need to make!
This seems like a possible origin story for the recipe (I guess it would have been schaum torte rather than pavlova). One of my cookbooks has a recipe for egg yolk-heavy cookies that says it's a good way to use up yolks after you've made an angel food cake.
Anonymous
12/12/2023 13:53
Subject: Cookie recipe calling for seven egg yolks
Anonymous wrote:As someone whose family loves pavlova, this seems likes a cookie I might need to make!
For OP, pavlovas use egg whites. So this would be a perfect companion to your cookies!
Anonymous
12/12/2023 13:47
Subject: Cookie recipe calling for seven egg yolks
That sounds great, especially after making an angel food cake! I’m saving the recipe.
Anonymous
12/12/2023 10:12
Subject: Cookie recipe calling for seven egg yolks
The yolks should make this a rich and chewy cookie. Sounds delish.
Anonymous
12/12/2023 09:50
Subject: Re:Cookie recipe calling for seven egg yolks
It is to counteract the meringue cookies that use only egg whites. Then, you have no waste.
Anonymous
12/12/2023 09:30
Subject: Cookie recipe calling for seven egg yolks
Anonymous wrote:7 yolks for 7 dozen cookies is only one yolk per dozen which doesn’t seem extreme.
That is a good point. I will give it a try and report back.
Anonymous
12/12/2023 06:29
Subject: Cookie recipe calling for seven egg yolks
As someone whose family loves pavlova, this seems likes a cookie I might need to make!
Anonymous
12/12/2023 06:17
Subject: Cookie recipe calling for seven egg yolks
7 yolks for 7 dozen cookies is only one yolk per dozen which doesn’t seem extreme.
Anonymous
12/12/2023 06:00
Subject: Cookie recipe calling for seven egg yolks
Yes, you read that title right. I have a German recipe for S-Gaback, which are S-shaped butter cookies, from the old Time Life German cookbook. The recipe is simple and to make 7 dozen cookies:
1/2 pound butter
1 cup sugar
7 egg yolks
1 tsp grated lemon peel
4 cups flour
1 egg white
Decorating sugar
To my eye, that is a lot of egg yolks and I've never seen any cookie recipe call for so many eggs. But I am intrigued and may give it a try this weekend. But what do other experienced bakers think? I googled online and most of the S-geback recipes I find call for 1-2 eggs, not 7! Even when adjusting for quantity.
1/2 pound butter
1 cup sugar
7 egg yolks
1 tsp grated lemon peel
4 cups flour
1 egg white
Decorating sugar
To my eye, that is a lot of egg yolks and I've never seen any cookie recipe call for so many eggs. But I am intrigued and may give it a try this weekend. But what do other experienced bakers think? I googled online and most of the S-geback recipes I find call for 1-2 eggs, not 7! Even when adjusting for quantity.