Snack · 60 min · scandinavian

Pepparkakor

Weeknight-friendly Scandinavian cooking: Pepparkakor comes together in 60 minutes with all-purpose flour, butter, and not much else.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 3 cups All-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup Butter
• 1 cup Brown sugar
• 1/2 cup Molasses
• 1 Egg
• 2 tsp Cinnamon
• 2 tsp Ginger
• 1 tsp Cloves
• 1 tsp Baking soda

Steps

1. Melt the butter with the sugar and molasses; cool slightly, then beat in the egg.
2. Fold in the flour spiced with cinnamon, ginger, and cloves; chill the dough 1 hour — it rolls paper-thin when cold.
3. Roll thin, cut into hearts, stars, and pigs, and bake at 375°F for 6–8 minutes.
4. Cool on the tray; they crisp as they cool. Dunk in coffee or glögg, as December demands.
5. The dough keeps a week refrigerated and the flavor deepens — make it ahead of the holidays.

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