Ginger cookies
- From
- Nonni, uncle, a baker
- Oven
- 200 °C200 °C (400 °F)
Ingredients
- 250 g plain flour9 oz plain flour
- 250 g light brown sugar9 oz light brown sugar
- 125 g butter4½ oz butter
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
- 1½ tsp ground ginger
- ¾ tsp ground cloves
Method
- Heat the oven to 200°C and line baking sheets with baking paper.Heat the oven to 400 °F and line baking sheets with baking paper.
- Knead everything together into a dough.
- Roll into small balls and press each one down slightly.
- Place about 56 on each baking sheet, in 7 rows of 8.
- Bake at 200°C for about 12–13 minutes on the second shelf from the bottom.Bake at 400 °F for about 12–13 minutes on the second shelf from the bottom.
As she wrote it

Engiferkökur
(Nonni)
250gr. hveiti - 250gr. púðursyk.
125gr. smjör - 1 egg - 1 tsk. kanill
1/2 tsk. lyftid. - 1/2 tsk. natron
1 1/2 tsk. engifer - 3/4 tsk. negull
Hnoðað, búnar til litlar
kúlur, þrýst aðeins ofan á
200°c í ca. 12-13 min. Næst neðst
ca. 56 á plötu, 7x8