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1986 Winner: Sirups Kager (Danish Brown Spice Cookies)
Author/Submitted by: Julie K. Cook, of Chicago,
Chicago Tribune annual Food Guide Holiday Cookie Contest December 4, 1986
Servings: 60
Categories:
Cookies
/
Desserts
Ingredients: 1
cup
Butter or margarine,
softened
1
cup
Sugar 1
cup
Dark corn syrup 2
teaspoons
Cinnamon 1
teaspoon
Ground cloves 1/2
teaspoon
Baking soda,
mixed with 1 teaspoon water
3 3/4
cups
Flour,
up to 4 cups
Directions:
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.
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.
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