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Lukken
Alternative namesButter waffles
TypeWaffle
Place of originWest Flanders
Main ingredientsFlour, butter, eggs, sugar, salt, cognac (or rum, or water)

Lukken are thin dessert waffles, traditionally made in West Flanders to celebrate the New Year and other feasts. Compared to other traditional waffles, lukken is made with more sugar, and since sugar was historically a luxury good, lukken was associated with the nobility and with celebrations. Jules Destrooper popularized a version of lukken called butter waffles.

Etymology

The term lukken is derived from the Dutch word for luck, geluk. Traditionally, on New Year's Day, children would congratulate (luk) their godparents by offering lukken. In Belgium, lukken are sometimes called nieuwjaarwafeltjes, meaning "New Year waffles."

History

Traditionally, Lukken were produced on special "luk irons" (lukijzers) that sometimes became family heirlooms. A museum in Bruges came into possession of one such iron, dating from the 18th century, and bearing the phrase Ik wens u een zalig nieuwjaer ("I wish you a happy New Year").

When electric waffle irons were introduced, the time to bake a single lukken could be reduced from 3 minutes to 30 seconds.

The Gazette van Detroit, a newspaper for Belgian Americans, often advertized the sale of lukken irons around the holidays.

See also

References

  1. ^ Dansby, Angela (26 December 2023). "The Belgian waffle that brings New Year's luck". BBC. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  2. Ysewijn, Regula (2023). Dark Rye and Honey Cake: Festival Baking from Belgium, the Heart of the Low Countries. Weldon Owen International. pp. 51–52. ISBN 1681888556.
  3. ^ K. D. "Of 'Lukken' and 'Lukijzers'". Gazette van Detroit. No. 8 December 1988. p. 2. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Burgundian wafer irons". Musea Brugge. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  5. K. D. "Speaking of 'Lukken'". Gazette van Detroit. p. 3. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  6. Geldhof, Al. "The Lukken Lady". Gazette van Detroit. No. 23 January 2003. p. 6. Retrieved 15 January 2025.