Description
Traditional pepper cookies, in the finnish way.
Ingredients
- Dark Corn Syrup
- Cinnamon
- Allspice
- Black Pepper
- Ground Cloves
- Ground Ginger
- Butter
- Granulated Sugar
- Egg
- Heavy Cream
- Baking Soda
- Flour
Instructions
- In a saucepan, combine the syrup, cinnamon, allspice, pepper, cloves, ginger, butter, and sugar, and bring it to a boil
- Remove the mixture from the heat, transfer it into a bowl, and let cool
- Stir in the egg, cream, soda, and flour
- Cover and place in the refrigerator and let chill overnight
- When ready to make cookies, preheat oven to 375 degrees
- Roll the dough out very thin, using about 1 / 2 cup of the dough at a time and cut it into your desired shapes
- Lightly grease a cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes until the cookies are lightly brown, crisp but not too dark
- Recipe makes about 8 dozen 2-inch cookies