Piparkakut
This recipe makes 48 cookies servings
Nutritional Info |
|
|---|---|
| Per cookie: about | - |
| cal | 8888 cal |
| pro | 1 g1g pro |
| total fat | 3 g3g total fat |
| sat. fat | 2 g2g sat. fat |
| carb | 14 g14g carb |
| fibre | 00 fibre |
| chol | 11 mg11mg chol |
| sodium | 19 mg19mg sodium |
| % RDI: | - |
| iron | 33 iron |
| vit A | 33 vit A |
| folate | 88 folate |
- Preparation time: 15 minutes Chill: 1 hour
- Total time : 8 minutes
The spices in these thin, crispy cookies reflect the Scandinavians' Viking history. At Christmas, the Finns cut these into animal shapes and accent them with piped icing.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter , softened3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup corn syrup 1/2 cup corn syrup
- 1 egg 1 egg
- 3 cups all-purpose flour 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp cinnamon 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground cloves 1 tsp ground cloves
- 1 tsp ground allspice 1 tsp ground allspice
- 3/4 tsp ground cardamom 3/4 tsp ground cardamom
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp baking soda
- Glaze:
- 1 cup icing sugar 1 cup icing sugar
- 2 tbsp lemon juice 2 tbsp lemon juice
Preparation
In bowl, beat together butter, sugar and corn syrup until fluffy; beat in egg.
In separate bowl, whisk together flour, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, cardamom, ginger and baking soda; stir into butter mixture in 2 additions. Divide into thirds; flatten into discs. Wrap each and refrigerate for 1 hour.
On lightly floured surface, roll out each disc to 1/8-inch (3 mm) thickness. Using 4-inch (10 cm) reindeer or other shape cookie cutter, cut out shapes, rerolling scraps.
Bake on parchment paper–lined baking sheets in 375°F (190°C) oven until golden, 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool on pans on racks for 5 minutes; transfer to racks and let cool.
Glaze: In bowl, stir icing sugar with lemon juice. With piping bag, pipe glaze outline.
In separate bowl, whisk together flour, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, cardamom, ginger and baking soda; stir into butter mixture in 2 additions. Divide into thirds; flatten into discs. Wrap each and refrigerate for 1 hour.
On lightly floured surface, roll out each disc to 1/8-inch (3 mm) thickness. Using 4-inch (10 cm) reindeer or other shape cookie cutter, cut out shapes, rerolling scraps.
Bake on parchment paper–lined baking sheets in 375°F (190°C) oven until golden, 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool on pans on racks for 5 minutes; transfer to racks and let cool.
Glaze: In bowl, stir icing sugar with lemon juice. With piping bag, pipe glaze outline.
Source : Canadian Living Holiday Cookbook: Fall 2010
- Keywords : Christmas; Scandinavian; Snacks; Butter; Sugar; Eggs; Flour; Cinnamon; Bake; Lemon juice; 100 calories;
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