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About 200
3 dl cane syrup (cannot be replaced with any other syrup) 285 g brown sugar (not packed) 1½ tsp ground ginger 1½ tsp cinnamon 1½ tsp ground cloves 1½ tbsp Seville-orange peel (not normal orange peel) 1 tbsp bicarbonate 285 g butter 2 eggs (use two even if you make only half the dough 1¼ kg (1,250 g) wheat flour 1. Put the butter in a bowl, preferably room temperatured butter. 2. Bring the syrup, the brown sugar, and the spices to a boil in a tall pot. 3. Stir in the bicarbonate as soon as it is boiling. The mix will rise very fast. Don't let it burn. 4. When done rising, pour the mix over the butter and let the butter melt while you stir. 5. Stir in the eggs and then the flour. Bake out immediately. 6. Bake smaller pieces of the dough at the time. Roll out the dough very thin, 2-3 millimeters (1/8 of an inch) at the most. Use cookie cutters to cut out different shapes. 7. Put the cookies on a cookie sheet and cook in 200-225°C/400-440°F for ca 5 minutes, until crisp but not burned. They cook very fast so don't forget to check them after 5 minutes. |
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Makes about 300
300 g margarine or butter 5 dl sugar 1 dl cane syrup (cannot be replaced with any other syrup) 1 tbsp ground ginger 2 tbsp cinnamon 1 tbsp ground cloves 2 tsp cardamom 1 tbsp bicarbonate 2 dl water 1½ liter (900 g) wheat flour 1. Stir room temperature margarine or butter, sugar, and syrup into a supple mixture. 2. Stir down first the spices, then the bicarbonate, then the water, and lastly most of the flour. You can use a baking machine or a food processor to do all this. 3. Take the dough and put it on your baking surface. Knead it with some more flour until it is less sticky. Let it rest in the refrigerator for at least 24 hours, wrapped in plastic wrap. 4. Bake smaller pieces of the dough at the time. Roll out the dough very thin, 2-3 millimeters (1/8 of an inch) at the most. Use cookie cutters to cut out different shapes. 5. Put the cookies on a cookie sheet and cook in 200-225°C/400-440°F for ca 5 minutes, until crisp but not burned. They cook very fast so don't forget to check them after 4-5 minutes. |
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