How to bake Finnish gingerbread cookies, AKA piparkakku!
Hello! I'm gonna be taking a tiny little break from analog photography and bake some cookies, because we are stuck at home and let's face it, I'm bored :D
Piparkakku or gingerbread cookies are very popular in Finland, especially during the Christmas time, but we eat them any time of the year in our house. This recipe is something you can make with ingredients you have at home, I'll also try to add alternative ingredients just in case, but this is very easy to make indeed!
Ingredients:
1 1/2dl dark syrup (you can replace it with 1 1/2dl honey or 1 3/4dl brown sugar melted in 1/2 dl water)
1dl sugar
1 tea spoon ground cloves (I used whole cloves and tried to grind them as much as I could)
1 tea spoon cardamom
1 tea spoon ground ginger
2 tea spoons cinnamon
2 tea spoons baking soda
125gr butter or margarine
1 egg (if you want to do a vegan version or don’t want to use eggs you can always replace them with 1/4dl apple sauce, 1/4dl yogurt or 1 tablo spoon of flax seeds mixed with 3 table spoons of water in a jelly like consistency)
5 1/2dl flour
Method:
Mix sugars and spices in a pot and melt them on low heat
Take off from heat and add the baking soda, let rest for 2-3 minutes
Add the butter in small pieces and mix until melted
Add the flour and let the dough sit in the fridge for a few hours, preferably over night
Once you are ready to bake, preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius or 400 fahrenheit and bake these cookies for 5 minutes! As they are only 2-3mm thick, 5 minutes is all they need for a slightly crispy edge and softer center. You can always increase the time if you want to make them thicker!
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