Swedish Ginger Cookies

Posted by Chris on October 14, 2007

This is a great recipe for Swedish ginger cookies, which go great with gluhwein, from http://monyscurry.com/cookies.htm and makes up to 300 cookies so you can used this one for a party.

Swedish Ginger Cookie Recipe

1 cup (2 dl) water
1/2 cup (1 dl) syrup (molasses)
2 tablespoons of ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon of ground cloves
1 tablespoon of ground ginger
1 teaspoon of ground cardamom
1 tablespoon of bicarbonate
10,5 oz (300 gr) butter
2,5 cups (5 dl) sugar
7,5 cups or about 1 lb. (1,5 litres) flour

Instructions

Mix butter, sugar and syrup. Add spices and bicarbonate,
then water and finally part of the flour.
Mix in the rest of the flour.
Let the dough sit over night, wrapped in foil in the fridge.
Using flour, roll the dough as thinly as possible and cut the dough into figures.

Baking

Bake for about 5 minutes at 400-425 degrees F.
Watch it! They burn fast once they start.

You can get about 300 cookies, depending on how
big you make them.