Nutcracker Museum
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Hertzengles - German Christmas Cookies
*** USER SUBMITTED ***
1 heaping cup sugar
1 heaping cup butter
4 eggs
1 cup ground almonds (toast in oven then grind before measuring)
1 tsp
salt
2 TBL cinnamon
4 cups flour
3 tsp almond extract
1 ½ tsp
vanilla
Cream together sugar and butter. Add eggs. In another bowl,
mix ground almonds, salt, cinnamon and flour. Add to sugar-butter-eggs
mixture Add almond extract and vanilla. Combine. Chill dough for several
hours or overnight.
Dust counter with flour. Take a small ball of
dough and roll it very thin. Cut out shapes. Transfer to baking sheet.
Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes until brown around the edges. Let cool.
Frost cookies with mixture of powdered sugar and a little milk and food
coloring. Sprinkle with decorations.
Added 01.19.19
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Dogs that are able to be carried at all times may come into the museum.
Service animals are
always welcome.
Contact Us
735 Front Street
P.O. Box 2212
Leavenworth, WA 98826
(509) 548-4573
MUSEUM HOURS
11:00PM - 5:00PM Daily
We suggest visitors arrive at the museum at least 30 minutes before closing.
Nutcracker Museum Mission Statement:
"To foster and encourage the interest of the general public of the importance of nuts in the diets of humans throughout history and in the evolution of the nutcracker. No other tool or collectible has shown such a wide diversity of material and design as the implements used to crack the hard shell of a nut".
Museum Admission:
Adults - $5.00 (Ages 17 - 64yrs)
Seniors - $3.50
(Age 65yrs +)
Youth - $2.00 (Ages 6 - 16yrs)
Child - FREE (Ages 0 - 5yrs)
Active
Military - FREE (Spouse & Children Free with ID)
