Frysian food
Leeuwarden
The fryske dûmkes
hello we are the Fryske dumkes: Michel, Rick, Femke, Hilda
we do it over here because these cookies nowhere else than in Friesland are available
The name means "Fries inside out " and refers to the shape of the cookie filled with chopped hazelnuts, aniseed and ginger . It is a crisp cookie with a delicious anise flavor.
It is a crisp cookie with a delicious anise flavour
Why these cakes are so delicious!
• because of the delicious hazelnuts and anise in processed
• because they are so delicious brittle
these nuts to bake some traditional Frisian cookies called Fryske Dumkes
The name derives from the Dumke the traditional way of making. There are several
explanations for the name Dumke. The baker cut a long flat strip of dough to
size of a thumb, the size of the Dumkes, so the greater the greater the thumb
cookie. Another explanation is that the Dumke looks like a thumb.