Gingerbread cookies
- From
- Gunna Sig
- Oven
- 190–200 °C190–200 °C (375–400 °F)
Ingredients
- 180 g butter6½ oz butter
- 500 g plain flour1 lb plain flour
- 250 g sugar9 oz sugar
- 4 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 dl golden syrup (light cane syrup)½ cup golden syrup (light cane syrup)
- 2 tsp ground cloves
- 1 dl milk½ cup milk
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- ½ tsp ground black pepper
- 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
Method
- Heat the butter, sugar and syrup in a pan until the butter has melted and the sugar dissolved. Take off the heat and stir in the milk.
- Mix the flour, spices and bicarbonate of soda, stir them in and knead to a smooth dough. Wrap and chill for a few hours or overnight.
- Heat the oven. Roll the dough out thinly and cut out shapes. Place on baking sheets lined with baking paper.
- Bake at 190–200°C for 7–10 minutes on the bottom shelf.Bake at 375–400 °F for 7–10 minutes on the bottom shelf.
As she wrote it

Piparkökur (Hús)
(Gunna Sig)
180gr. smjör - 500gr. hveiti
250gr. sykur - 4 tsk. kanill
1 dl. sýróp - 2 tsk. negull
1 dl. mjólk - 2 tsk. engifer
1/2 tsk. pipar - 2 tsk. natron
190°c - 200°c í 7 - 10 min. neðst