Pepparkakor

Swedish gingerbread! It's GOOD STUFF Maynard!

PEPPARKAKOR
1 cup butter, softened
1½ cups sugar
1 egg
1½ tablespoons orange zest, grated
2 tablespoons dark corn syrup
1 tablespoon water
3¼ cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
½ teaspoon ground cloves

In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar; add egg. Then add orange zest, corn syrup and water and mix well.

In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking soda and spices. Add dry mixture to wet mixture a little at a time, stirring constantly. Knead resulting dough a little and chill in refrigerator.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Roll dough out very thin and cut into cookies. Bake 8 to 10 minutes.

Makes a whopping 8 dozen cookies. (Now you know why Pippi Longstocking rolled the dough out on her floor, because dang.)

Contributor: Soozcat (because I had the recipe)