California Farm Edible Gifts TaaiTaai Dolls

Name: California Farm Edible Gifts TaaiTaai Dolls
Total time: 88920 s
Yield: 4 people, 8 cookies
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup brown sugar; 1/2 cup boiled warm honey; 1/4 cup warm water with the dissolved spices and baking powder; 2 1/2 cups light rye flour; 1 1/4 cup dark rye flour; 2 Tbs ground star anise seed spice; 1 Tbs speculaas spice; 3 Tsp baking powder; 1 Tbs neutral vegetable oil like grapeseed or sunflower; 1/4 Tsp seasalt; 1 large fresh farm egg, beaten

Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman

California, United States

The spices and the recipe for these large cookies were brought into Holland from the Philipines, sold with the name taai taai at Christmas markets in Amsterdam before 1578. I googled it. The word might come from the Philipino Tagalog word tae tae.
Cookies are made in the shape of single eligible bachelors and single bachelorettes to be given to each other so they had a lover for the Holidays. The mold pictured in this recipe is a medieval bakery museum mold. The cookie dolls are 9” tall.
We draw the boy and girl doll shapes on parchment paper, then cut the rolled dough by hand.
#ChristmasGifts

Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman

California, United States

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Ingredients

24 hour dough, 30 min prep, 12 min bake

4 people, 8 cookies

1 cupbrown sugar
1/2 cupboiled warm honey
1/4 cupwarm water with the dissolved spices and baking powder
2 1/2 cupslight rye flour
1 1/4 cupdark rye flour
2 Tbsground star anise seed spice
1 Tbsspeculaas spice
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3 Tspbaking powder
1 Tbsneutral vegetable oil like grapeseed or sunflower
1/4 Tspseasalt
1large fresh farm egg, beaten
Equipment: baking sheet, parchment paper, flour dusted board
Cost: honey $1, sugar 50 cents, flours 50 cents, spices, other $1, egg 20 cents, 40 cents per taai taai doll cookie

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Steps

24 hour dough, 30 min prep, 12 min bake

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Boil water with spices, add honey, sugar and baking powder. When dissolved, Stir in light rye flour, salt and dark rye flour, cool, roll into ball on oil rubbed surface, rest two days at room temperature, covered.
2

Next, roll dough out on floured surface in four rolls. A thin roll to cut the wooden shoes, two thicker rolls for the lower body and the upper body and a thinner roll for the heads. Slice 1/2” thick, make 9” long figurines. Use baking sheet with parchment paper or buttered surface. Preheat oven to 410F degrees.
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Boys have pants and wooden shoes, girls have skirts and wooden shoes. Brush figurines with beaten egg, put in preheated oven at 410F degrees for 14 minutes. Taai taai will be hard when baked but will turn soft, pliable and chewy. Stays soft and fresh in plastic bags for weeks. Enjoy.

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Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman

on December 28, 2023 17:29

California, United States

I teach people at the farmers market to grow small scale fruits and vegetables. My grandparents and parents taught me growing, cooking and preserving home grown fruits and vegetables, eggs, meats and fish. I got certified by the University of California Master Gardener Program in 2005. I try to bring out the original flavor of ingredients, then add layers of spices, herbs and flavorings that enhance, not distort the taste. These are the global, organic and vegan family recipes we use.