Piparkakut
Makes about 2001 1/4 cups margarine
1/4 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 cup dark corn syrup
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons ground ginger
2 teaspoons ground cloves
1 tablespoon grated orange rind
7 cups white flour
3 teaspoons baking soda
Boil the syrup and spices, add the margarine and beat until the mixture is cool. Mix the soda in with part of the flour and then combine with the syrup-margarine mixture. In a separate bowl, beat together the eggs and sugar. Add the whipped eggs and the rest of the flour. Do not knead the final mixture. Cover the dough with plastic wrap and leave overnight in a cool place. Preheat oven to 400 F. Roll out the dough, cut up into shapes with cookie cutters and bake the cookies in the oven until golden brown (approximately 8 minutes).
Reviews of Piparkakut:
1-2 of 2 reviews
A cookie baker in LATVIA Dec 19, 2007
Would make this again.
My Mom and Grandma used to make the best Christmas cookies. I tried so hard to mix all ingriedients together and final product is still missing something.Kris from Michigan is right. The cookies must be rulled out very thin.Then they taste the best. The recipe is very similar, but my Mom used honey and iesala ekstraktu( you can't find in USA). I love Christmas. The smell in the house of baked goodies. All my friends and neighbors love my cookies as a Christmas presents. I also make all kind Danish shortbread cookies.
Kris in Michigan Nov 11, 2003
Would make this again.
This recipe is good, I have another variation which is better. Taste the best when rolled really thin! Great!
