Nonnys Pepparkakors Recipes

Steps:

• Sift the flour together with the baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and cardamom in a mixing bowl.
• Beat the butter together with the white and brown sugars in a mixing bowl until light and fluffy. Mix in the egg and corn syrup until smooth. Gradually stir in the flour mixture until evenly blended. Divide the dough into 4 equal portions and wrap tightly each with plastic wrap. Refrigerate at least 1 hour, or overnight.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease baking sheets.
• Using 1 portion at a time, work on a floured surface and roll out dough to 1/8 inch thick. Cut into shapes with cookie cutter, and place 1 inch apart on prepared baking sheets.
• Bake in preheated oven until set, about 5 minutes. Cool completely. Store in tightly covered tins.

Steps:

• Place butter in a large, heatproof bowl. In a medium saucepan, heat brown sugar, molasses and spices just to boiling point. Add baking soda and stir in. Pour this mixture over the butter and stir until it melts.
• Beat egg and mix in; add flour, a cup at a time, and blend thoroughly. Turn out onto a lightly floured board and knead 1-2 minutes. Wrap in waxed paper and chill until firm (about an hour).
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (170 degrees C).
• Roll out to approximately 1/8 inch thickness on a lightly floured board and cut into desired shapes. Place on greased baking sheets and bake for 8 - 10 minutes.
• Remove from sheets and cool on racks; may be decorated with piped icing or whatever else you like!

Steps:

• Cream butter, sugar, egg, and molasses together.
• Mix together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, clove, ginger.
• Add flour mixture to butter/sugar mixture and mix well.
• Refrigerate dough for several hours.
• Divide into fourths and roll into logs. wrap each log in waxed paper and aluminum foil.
• Freeze dough overnight.
• Remove 1/2 log from freezer at a time. Slice very thin(1/8 inch) and place on greased cookie sheet.
• Bake 10-15 minutes in preheated 300F oven.
• Cool for a few minutes and remove to wire rack.

Steps:

• Heat molasses in small saucepan to boiling point, let boil about 1 minute.
• Add sugar and butter and stir until butter is melted, let cool. Beat in egg.
• Sift together flour, salt, soda and RawSpiceBar's Gingerbread spices.
• Add to first mixture and mix thoroughly.
• Roll out a portion of the dough at a time on lightly floured pastry cloth and roll into thin layers.
• Cut into desired shapes.
• Bake in a moderate oven (350F) 6-8 minutes.