Sirups Kager (Danish Brown Spice Cookies) Keys: Cookies Holiday Danish
Denmark Dane European Scandinavian Yield: 60
Ingredients:
1 cup Butter or margarine (softened)
1 cup Sugar
1 cup Dark corn syrup
2 tsp Cinnamon
1 tsp Ground cloves
1/2 tsp Baking soda mixed with
1 tsp water
Flour (3 3/4 to 4 cups)
Method:
Preparation Time: 45 minutes
Chilling Time: One hour
Baking Time: 8
to 10 minutes
1. Cream butter or margarine with sugar and corn syrup. Stir in
cinnamon, cloves and baking soda mixture. Add flour a little at a time,
mixing well after each addition until stiff dough forms. Cover dough and
refrigerate until firm.
2. Heat oven to 400 degrees. Roll dough to 1/8-inch thickness on floured
surface. Cut with cookie cutters into reindeer or desired shapes. Or
roll dough into logs about 1-inch in diameter and slice crosswise into
1-inch-thick rounds.
3. Bake on ungreased cookie sheets until lightly browned, about 8 to 10
minutes.
Sirups kager, a Danish spice cookie "as brown as a reindeer," was a
humble but coveted Christmas prize enjoyed by her grandfather in
Denmark, writes our contest winner, Julie K. Cook, of Chicago.
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