Old-fashioned Gingerbread Cookies - Piparkakut, a traditional Finnish Christmas recipe from the Worldwide Gourmet

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Old-fashioned Gingerbread Cookies - Piparkakut Recipe

Recipe

Total time: more than 2 hours

Preparation time: 30 minutes + one night resting time
Baking time: 10 minutes per pan
Oven temperature: 200° C (400° F)

Difficulty: Easy

Chef's Note

Store in a tightly-closed tin

Ingredients

Ingredients for about 200 cookies

- 300 g (10 oz.) margarine

- 300 g (10 oz.) sugar

- 3 eggs

- 250 g (9 oz.) Molasses

- 2 tsp. ground Cinnamon

- 2 tsp. ground Ginger

- 2 tsp. ground Clou de girofle

- 1 tbsp. bitter orange zest

- About 1 kg (2 1/4 lb.) flour

- 3 tsp. baking soda

Method

Bring the molasses and spices to a boil; add the margarine and beat the mixture until cool;
in another bowl, beat the eggs together with the sugar;
combine the baking soda with part of the flour and add to the margarine-molasses mixture; add the beaten eggs and the remaining flour; do not overwork the dough;
cover the dough with plastic wrap and let rest overnight in a cool place;
using a rolling pin, roll the dough out and cut out into cookies; place them on a greased baking sheet;
bake until lightly browned.

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