Recipes · Danish · Bakery

Jødekager

One serving has 362 kcal and 5 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of manganese (25%), selenium (24%), thiamin (23%), riboflavin (21%) and vitamin A (21%). Ready in 37 minutes.

Jødekager
Photo: Sindum, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
  • Preparation: 25 min
  • Cooking: 12 min
  • Makes: 1 serving (82.7 g)
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Diets: Vegetarian
  • Contains: dairy, egg, gluten, nut

Ingredients

  • 20 g Butter, unsalted
  • 20 g Sugar
  • 30 g Flour, all-purpose
  • 8 g Eggs, whole, raw
  • 0.5 g Baking powder
  • 1 g Cinnamon
  • 3 g Almonds
  • 0.2 g Salt

Method

  1. Cream the butter with two-thirds of the sugar until light.
  2. Beat in the egg, then work in the flour, baking powder and salt to a smooth dough; chill for 20 minutes.
  3. Mix the remaining sugar with the cinnamon.
  4. Roll the dough about 4 mm thick and cut into rounds; press each round in the cinnamon sugar on one side and press half an almond into the centre.
  5. Place on a lined tray, sugar-side up, and bake at 180°C (350°F) for 8-10 minutes until just set and pale gold at the edges.
  6. Cool on a rack; the cookies should stay pale and crisp. Makes 1 serving (about 3 cookies); multiply the ingredients by 7 for a full batch.

Nutrition per serving

NutrientPer servingShare of a day's need
Energy362 kcal17%
Carbohydrates44.5 g
Water13.2 mL
Fiber1.7 g6%
Protein5 g10%
Tryptophan0.06 g
Threonine0.16 g
Isoleucine0.19 g
Leucine0.36 g
Lysine0.17 g
Methionine0.09 g
Cystine0.1 g
Phenylalanine0.25 g
Tyrosine0.16 g
Valine0.23 g
Histidine0.12 g
Fat18.8 g
Monounsaturated6 g
Polyunsaturated1.3 g
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)0 g
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)0 g
Omega-60.98 g
Saturated10.5 g
Trans-Fats0 g
Cholesterol72.8 mg
Calcium68.9 mg7%
Copper0.09 mg10%
Iron1.8 mg10%
Magnesium16.9 mg5%
Manganese0.45 mg25%
Phosphorus118 mg17%
Potassium74.7 mg2%
Selenium13.1 µg24%
Sodium131 mg
Zinc0.45 mg6%
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.25 mg23%
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.23 mg21%
Niacin (vitamin B3)1.9 mg14%
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.29 mg6%
Pyridoxine (vitamin B6)0.03 mg2%
Folate (vitamin B9)60.6 µg15%
Cobalamin (vitamin B12)0.11 µg5%
Choline28.9 mg7%
Vitamin A150 µg21%
Vitamin C0.04 mg0%
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)6.6 IU1%
Vitamin E1.4 mg9%
Vitamin K1.8 µg2%

Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.

Climate footprint

0.2 kg CO2e a serving: about average for breakfasts, sides, desserts and drinks on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.

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