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Swedish Cookies - Pepparkakor - Ginger Snaps

By: Brian Shipon

Ingredients:

    1½ cups syrup
    2 cupa sugar
    2 tablespoons ginger
    1½ tablespoons cinnamon
    1 tablespoon cloves
    12 oz. margarine
    1½ cups whipped cream
    3 lb. flour
    1 tablespoon baking soda

Preparation:


1. Mix the syrup, sugar, spices and margarine.
2. Whip the cream until frothy and stir into the batter.
3. Dissolve the baking soda in a little water and add together with part of the flour. Cover the dough for one day.
4. Knead the dough, adding the remaining flour. Roll out the dough and cut with cookie cutters into desired shapes.
5. Let the cookies cool on the cookie sheet after baking.
6. The cookies may be decorated with white frosting made of sifted powdered sugar stirred with egg white and a few drops vinegar or lemon juice.




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