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Aachener Printen
Also known as: Aachener Printe
Aachener Printen are firm, aromatic German spiced biscuits from Aachen made from a sweetened wheat-flour dough and often finished with nuts or chocolate.
About Aachener Printen
Aachener Printen are sweet, aromatic spiced biscuits from Aachen in Germany. Their flour-and-sugar-syrup dough gives them a rich sweetness, balanced by a distinctive spice blend. The exact blend varies between bakeries.
The texture can be firm and crunchy or soft. Traditional hard Printen have a substantial bite; softer versions are also widely made. A chocolate coating or a topping of almonds or hazelnuts adds another layer of flavour and texture.
Look for brown, often rectangular biscuits, although small pieces and decorative shapes are sold too. Plain, nut-topped and chocolate-covered Printen can look quite different, so the name alone does not tell you which toppings or coating a particular version contains.
Ingredients in Aachener Printen
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- Wheat flourbase
- Sugarsweetener
- Sugar beet syrupsweetener
- Mixed baking spicesseasoning
- Candied orange peelgarnish
- Whole Almondtopping
- Chocolate coatingcoating
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