Pepparkakor ( spiced molasses cookies)

Ingredients

Directions

Cookies: cr eam the sugar and butter. Stir in the molasses and spices. Whip the cream until just stiff and blend it into the butter molasses mixture, little by little. Dilute the baking soda in the water and blend it in well into the batter. Work in the f When you are ready to cut out the cookies, let the dough stand at room temp about ½ hour before starting. preheat oven to 350 Grease a cookie sheet, flour a board and rolling pin lightly and roll out a small piece of dough to test to see if it is of the right consistency. if it is not stiff enough, workin more flour. Roll the dough thin and cut out shapes with cookie cutters.

this recipe makes a huge amunt of dough because of the tradition of inviting friends in to help cut and decorate the cookies.

Before baknig you can paint some of the cookies, using the cookie paint, and decorate them with raisins. sprinkles or candied fruits.

Place the decorated and undecorated shapes on cookie sheets and bake them 5-7 minutes until they are nicely browned. When cooled, the cookies may be iced. Store them in an airtight container. The dough freezes well and also c

Cookie Paint: beat the yolk lightly, add milk or water, divide this mixture into as many batches as the different colors you wish to use. Add a few drops of food coloring to each batch. Using a small paintbrush, paint the cookies. This must be done befor Recipe By : "The Flavors of Jerusalem" by Nathan and Goldman