Pepparkakor Cookies
Jenna Weber of Eat, Live, Run shares a Swedish recipe for pepparkakor cookies that was passed down from her great-grandmother. Jenna shares a story about these cookies in a full post on the Fresh Tastes blog.
Yield: 4 dozen small cookies
Ingredients
- 1 stick butter, softened
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 egg
- ½ tsp vanilla
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 ½ tsp water
- 1 ½ heaping cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground ginger
- ¼ tsp ground cloves
- ¼ tsp salt
Directions
- Cream together the butter and sugar then add the egg, vanilla, maple syrup and water and beat until combined.
- Whisk together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ground ginger, ground cloves and salt. Add to wet ingredients to form a soft dough. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and chill for 2-4 hours or overnight.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Roll out dough on a floured surface to 1/8th thick and cut with star shaped cookie cutters.
- Bake for 7 minutes. Pepperkakor should be a very thin, crispy and spicy cookie.
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