Takk For Maten Recipes

These Norwegian cookies are a very rich traditional cookies. Fattigmann roughly translates to "Poor Man's cookie". Given the ingredients, it is doubtful that these cookies were ever made by any poor men, however the leading theory is that after shopping for these ingredients, you became a poor man. They are very rich and flavorful. Traditionally these were fried in lard.  However we use semi a healthy oil. I ngredients: 8 egg yolks 2 whole eggs 3/4 cup of sugar 1/4 cup brandy 1 cup heavy cream 5 cups sifted flour 2 teaspoons ground cardamom melted Crisco for frying powdered sugar Method: Beat the egg yolks and eggs until very thick and lemon colored. Beat in the sugar and brandy a little at a time beating thoroughly after each addition until creamy and thick. Slowly mix in the cream, stirring constantly. Sift the flour and cardamom slowly into the mixture, stirring constantly. The mixture should never have a build up of flour, it should