1986 Winner Sirups Kager (Danish Brown Spice Cookies)

Title:
1986 Winner Sirups Kager (Danish Brown Spice Cookies)

Yield:
60 Servings

Categories:
Cookies,
Holiday




Ingredients:





     1 c  Butter or margarine


          -(softened)


     1 c  Sugar


     1 c  Dark corn syrup


     2 ts Cinnamon


     1 ts Ground cloves


   1/2 ts Baking soda mixed with


          1 ts water


          Flour (3 3/4 to 4 cups)






 Preparation time: 45 minutes Chilling time: One hour Baking time: 8 to 10


 minutes


 


   1. Cream butter or margarine with sugar and corn syrup. Stir in cinnamon,


 cloves and baking soda mixture. Add flour a little at a time, mixing well


 after each addition until stiff dough forms. Cover dough and refrigerate


 until firm.


 


   2. Heat oven to 400 degrees. Roll dough to  1/8-inch thickness on floured


 surface. Cut with cookie cutters into reindeer or desired shapes. Or roll


 dough into logs about 1-inch in diameter and slice crosswise into


 1-inch-thick rounds.


 


   3. Bake on ungreased cookie sheets until lightly browned, about 8 to 10


 minutes.


 


   Sirups kager, a Danish spice cookie "as brown as a reindeer," was a


 humble but coveted Christmas prize enjoyed by her grandfather in Denmark,


 writes our contest winner, Julie K. Cook, of Chicago. from the Chicago


 Tribune annual Food Guide Holiday Cookie Contest December 4, 1986


 Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #340


 


 From: Linda Place 


 


 Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 11:32:57 +0000