Best Ontbijtkoek Dutch Spice Bread Recipes

Ontbijtkoek (Peperkoek) image

Provided by Laurie Liagre

Categories Dessert

Time 1h30m

Number Of Ingredients 22

1 cup rye flour (, sifted)
1 cup all-purpose flour (, sifted)
3 teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cardamom
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground ginger
½ teaspoon ground coriander
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
⅛ teaspoon ground anise
½ cup brown sugar
½ cup honey
¼ cup black molasses
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup hot milk
Butter ((for the mold))
Cake pan
Parchment paper
Stand mixer
Cooling rack

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 300 F (150°C).
Line a cake pan with parchment paper and butter it.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the rye flour, all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt and spices.
In a large bowl, whisk the brown sugar, honey, molasses, vanilla extract and hot milk until everything is well combined.
Add the liquid mixture to the dry mixture using the flat beater until obtaining a smooth dough.
Pour the mixture into a cake pan.
Bake for 80 minutes or until a thin wooden skewer comes out clean.
If the top of the ontbijtkoek darkens too much during baking, cover it with 2 sheets of parchment paper.
Leave to cool for 5 minutes in the cake pan, then unmold and let cool completely on a rack.

Ontbijtkoek - Dutch Spice Bread image

Provided by Liwl7755

Categories Breads

Time 1h10m

Yield 1 loaf, 16 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

2 cups self-rising flour
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
1/3 cup molasses
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
1 pinch salt
2 tablespoons chopped crystallized ginger (optional)

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees Fahrenheit.
Combine all ingredients into a smooth paste.
Lightly coat a LOAF pan with baking spray and flour.
Bake for a full hour. When fully baked, open the oven door a crack, and allow loaf to cool in the turned off oven for 1/2 hour before removing from oven and cooling completely. Then remove from pan.
Cool completely and store in plastic bag.Keep covered or bread will dry out.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 113.3, Fat 0.8, SaturatedFat 0.4, Cholesterol 2.1, Sodium 220.5, Carbohydrate 24.7, Fiber 0.6, Sugar 10.6, Protein 2.1